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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Telegraph lines Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/803
Title:
Correspondence, Telegrams and Notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Situation in Persia
Scope & Content:
This file contains material relating to a review of politico-military conditions in Persia [Iran], following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1917-May 1918
Extent:
3 files (444 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/804
Title:
Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Eastern Persian Cordon
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the Eastern Persia Cordon. The papers include: the telegram from the British Consul in Sistan on road-making (18 October 1918); The number of British officers in the Sistan and Khorasan Levy Corps (29 October 1918); the possibility of recruiting Hazara men for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 385-516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 385-516
Title:
The Alleged Repeated Encroachments of Persia in the Direction of the Frontiers of Afghanistan, Seistan, Khelat and Mekran
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 85 of 1869, dated 16 March 1869, with an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-40 dated 15 December 1864-15 March 1869. In this despatch the Secretary of State for India is addressed by the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item (132 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 600-619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 600-619
Title:
On the Question of the Subsidies Paid to the Chiefs of the Mekran Coast to Protect the Land Telegraph from Gwadur to Jask
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 14 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869, with an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-5, dated 17 March-3 April 1869. The enclosures chiefly comprise two letters from the Secretary to the Government of Bomba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 620-628

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 620-628
Title:
Arrangements with the Chiefs Along the Coast for the Protection of the Land Line of Telegraph from Gwadur to Jask
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 15 of 1869, dated 19 April 1869, with an enclosure numbered 2, dated 18 March 1869. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secretary to the Governm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 904-996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 904-996
Title:
The Government of India's Views Regarding the Eastern Frontier of the Persian Empire
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 178 of 1869, dated 10 June 1869, with an abstract and enclosures numbered 3-26, dated 14 April 1866-5 June 1869. The despatch commences with a detailed statement by the Government of India, Foreign...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1869
Extent:
1 item (93 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 105-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 105-112
Title:
Telegraph Construction on theMekran Coast
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 212 of 1869, dated 1 July 1869, containingenclosures dated 12 March-31 May 1869. The enclosures consist of copies ofcorrespondence relating to theconstruction of telegraph lines onthe Mekran [Mak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 139-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 139-144
Title:
Telegraph Constructionon the Mekran Coast
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 28 of 1869, dated 15 July 1869, containingenclosures dated 8 June-3 July 1869. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relatingto the payment of subsidies to local rulers on the Mekran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 388-402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 388-402
Title:
Anglo-PersianTelegraph Agreement
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 270 of 1869, dated 19 August 1869, containingenclosures dated 11-24 May 1869. The enclosures consist of copies, in French andEnglish, of an agreement betweenthe Government of Persia [Iran] and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Aug 1869
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 538-542

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 538-542
Title:
TelegraphConstruction on the Mekran Coast
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Governmentof India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 291 of 1869, dated 9September 1869, containing a copy of a letter from the Director of the Mekran [Makran] Coast and Sub-Marine TelegraphCompany, dated 17 June 1869. The letter reports that an offic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1869
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)