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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Central Asia, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/F/4/1519/59964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1519/59964
Title:
Precis of information on the political condition of the States situated on or connected with the North West and Western Frontier of British India
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a summary document enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The document, written by William Henry Wathen, Secretary in the Persian Department, provides brief details on the political status of 'states' und...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1835-5 Mar 1835
Extent:

1 item (10 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/806
Title:
Memoranda and papers by General Herbert Vaughan Cox, Military Secretary to the India Office, regarding British military strategy in Central Asia and the Middle East
Scope & Content:
The file chiefly comprises typescript and some manuscript copies of letters, memoranda, notes and minutes by General Herbert Vaughan Cox. There are three letters to Cox from external correspondents, some printed memoranda and one cutting from the Morning Post. Folios 1-2 comprise a list of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1918-8 Jan 1920
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532
Title:
Affairs in the Punjab and the Countries Beyond the Indus, notably Afghanistan and Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Meerut) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1838, dated 8 February 1838. The enclosures are dated 18 September 1837-7 February 1838. The primary correspondents are:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Feb 1838
Extent:
1 item (505 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 47 of 1856, dated 25 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 22 April-13 May 1856. The enclosures comprise copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436
Title:
Persia and Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1856, dated 28 July 1856. The enclosure is dated 19 May 1856. The enclosure comprises copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul in Tehra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248
Title:
Political No. 150 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter from HM Minister at Teheran to Earl Granville, Explaining Why he Believes the Completion of a Railway between the Caspian and Teheran would be Fatal to the Independence of Persia
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 30 September 1873, forwarding copies of a letter from the Minister at Teheran [Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1873-30 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/196/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/196/2
Title:
File 4327/1911 Pt 2 'Turco-Italian War: Turkish propaganda'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to alleged Turkish activities in Afghanistan and the wider Central Asia region. The discussion is centred around reports, conveyed to them by the Russian Ambassador in London, of the following: Turkish officers training Afghan troops; the Turks seeking ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1911-Jan 1912
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/972
Title:
File 1341/1921 Pt 1-2 'MESHED CONSULAR & INTELLIGENCE DIARIES (1921-22)'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to domestic and foreign affairs in Khorassan [Khorasan], as observed by British representatives based in Meshed [Mashhad, also known as Mashad or Meshad]. It comprises two parts as follows: IOR/L/PS/10/972/1: Part 1, ‘Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-22’ (ff 177-716) IOR/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1921-Jan 1923
Extent:
1 volume (718 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/A184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A184
Title:
'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information'
Scope & Content:
This file contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda concerning Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan. The file is divided into a series of sections, each of which contains summaries of reports, letters and memoranda. Prominent correspondents inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1919
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/CA9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA9
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1869'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1869. The letters are dated December 1868-December 1869. The abstracts each have one of the following titles: Abstracts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1868-Dec 1869
Extent:
1 volume (388 folios)