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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Trade (practice) Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/8
Title:
'LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENT BUSSARAH 31. JAN. 1793 TO 21. JUNE 1803 VOL 8'
Scope & Content:
The volume chiefly comprises letters to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Resident and Factor at Bussora [Basra], Samuel Manesty. The letters are dated 31 January 1793-21 June 1803 and the date each letter was received is recorded on the back of it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1793-21 Jun 1803
Extent:
1 volume (609 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/17
Title:
LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF. VOL 17. JAN-JUN 1871.
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to secret letters comprising copies of correspondence dated 7 January to 8 June 1871, addressed to and from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, HM Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr, Iran], addressed to the Duke of Argyll, HM Principal Secretary of State for India in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1871-8 Jun 1871
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/109
Title:
File 442/1907 'Persian Gulf: British and German shipping; German competition'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officials, reporting on the issue of competition from German shipping, 1907-1911. Included are a number of reports with statistical tables: List of cargo shipped per SS Canadia from Antwerp (14 July) and Hamburg (16 July)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1911
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/176
Title:
File 1329/1910 'Persia: Imperial Bank (Seistan Branch)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports and accounts relating to a subsidy arranged for the Imperial Bank of Persia in May 1903. The subsidy was paid by the Government of India and related to the establishment of the Imperial Bank of Persia branch ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1910
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/214
Title:
File 283/1912 'Disorders in South Persia: representations from Indian and British firms'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to disruption of Indian and British trade in Persia owing to insecurity. Most of the correspondence consists of representations from Indian and British firms to the British Government asking for protection, and the discussion between the Government of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1912-Nov 1920
Extent:

1 volume (169 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/285
Title:
File 2672/1912 ‘Turco-Italian War: Red Sea’
Scope & Content:
The volume, which bears the alternative title ‘Turco-Italian War: Italian action in the Red Sea’ on its first page (f 3), contains correspondence relating to the blockade by the Italian navy of ports on the Red Sea, including Hodeida [Al-Ḥudaydah], from 25 January 1912. This action was part of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
3 Feb 1912-19 Jun 1913
Extent:
1 volume (312 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/299

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/299
Title:
File 352/1912 'Persia: travel in South; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; Russian commercial competition in South Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'South Persia'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/86/1 is entitled 'Persia Trade in South: Conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz Road; Russian Commercial Competition in South Persia'. It includes correspondence discussing trends in trade between the southern region ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912-1919
Extent:
1 volume (324 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA:- TRADE WITH PERSIAN GULF PORTS'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Persia.' The volume concerns the Government of India's trade with ports in the Persian Gulf, and various rations and restrictions introduced during the First World War. Principal correspondents include the British Minister at Tehran, the Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1913-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/627

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/627
Title:
File 3839/1916 Pt 2 'China:- Diplomatic and Consular expenditure. Question of increase of G. of I's contribution'
Scope & Content:
The volume mostly contains correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and internal notes relating to the Government of India’s contribution towards diplomatic and consular expenditure in China. The correspondence is between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office, the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1922-16 Jul 1934
Extent:

1 volume (215 folios)