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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Shah of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979

1. IOR/L/PS/12/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/18
Title:
PZ 2143/31 'Persia: British Military Attaché, Tehran'
Scope & Content:
Thefile contains correspondence regarding a request from the Imperial Court ofPersia for the recall of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Dodd as British MilitaryAttaché, due to a perceived slight by Dodd towards Reza Shah Pahlavi. The filealso covers an order from the Shah for Persian army officers to no ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Feb 1931-27 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/124
Title:
PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to changes of Ministers heading the British Legation at Tehran, Persia [Iran]. It mainly consists of covering papers from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State, India, enclosing copies of telegrams and letters from His ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1926-26 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/379
Title:
PZ 2865/40 'Note on the India Office and the Persian Gulf areas'
Scope & Content:
The file details the Government of India’s financial and administrative responsibilities towards the Persian Gulf. The text is divided into sections: ‘Iran’ (folio 2), ‘Persian Gulf’ (folios 2 to 3), ‘The Air Route’ (folio 3), ‘Oil’ (folios 3 to 4) and ‘Defence Measures’ (folios 3 to 5). The p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/470
Title:
PZ 508/41 'Propaganda in Iran. (Consignment of Indian Wheat).'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department, discussing the detestation felt by many in Iran for the Shah and for the British, who are perceived to have helped the Shah to seize power. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1941-13 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/561
Title:
Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
26 Sep 1943-4 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (571 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/564

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/564
Title:
Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of miscellaneous dispatches relating to internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. The file begins with references to an Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, signed in January 1942, which followed the Anglo-Soviet i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1942-15 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/576
Title:
Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspecti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1941-23 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/896

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/896
Title:
Ext 367/44 'Visit of Dr Benes to Tehran'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a despatch from Sir Reader William Bullard of the British Legation, Tehran, detailing the visit of Dr Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia in exile, on the 28-30 December 1944, and particularly his interactions with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)