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Project / Collection India Office Records Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Travellers

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/8
Title:
Letter from Gilbert Seton to Samuel Wilks
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Gilbert Seton, Bengal Writer, to Samuel Wilks, Clerk to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Aleppo and dated 30 April 1781. Seton describes the progress of his journey to Aleppo towards India and reports on other traveller...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1781
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/14
Title:
Letter from Gilbert Seton to Samuel Wilks
Scope & Content:
Two copies of a letter from Gilbert Seton, Bengal Writer, to Samuel Wilks, Clerk to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 4 June 1781. The letter describes the progress of Seton’s journey from Aleppo to Bussora towards Indi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1781
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/1018(290)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1018(290)
Title:
[Passport photograph of Emil Trinkler.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Passport photograph of the German geographer, geologist and traveller Emil Trinkler (1896-1931), pasted to his passport application to the India Office, included in the file relating to his application to mount a geological expedition to Chinese Central Asia.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 item

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1018(291)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1018(291)
Title:
[Passport photograph of Helmut de Terra.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Passport photograph of the German geologist and traveller Helmut de Terra (1900-1981), pasted to his passport application to the India Office, included in the file relating to his application to travel in Chinese Central Asia as a member of Emil Trinkler's expedition.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 item

5. IOR/L/PS/12/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/507
Title:
PZ 2180/41 'Carriage of arms by Iranian Army & Police officials travelling in British Ships.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the British Legation, Tehran, and the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accedes to a request to issue instructions to all members of the Iranian Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1941-6 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/821

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/821
Title:
Ext 2598/43 'Control of Movement of Travelers between Afghanistan and Persia'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters and notes between the Government of Persia and the Foreign Office regarding the control and safety of travellers between Afghanistan and Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Agu 1943-13 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3807
Title:
Coll 30/88 'Question of residence of European women on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the presence of European women in certain parts of the Persian Gulf, and fears over the effects of their interaction with local communities. Folios 19-32 relate to the concern of British officials that Imperial Airways passengers at Shargah [Sharjah] had been going into the to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1933-6 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/G49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/G49
Title:
Record of Some Travellers in Asia, East Africa and Arabia whose Works Have Been of Interest to the Government of India, Commencing from 1875
Scope & Content:
The volume is Record of Some Travellers in Asia, East Africa and Arabia whose Works Have Been of Interest to the Government of India, Commencing from 1875 (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1910). The volume lists the names of travellers (British, Indian and 'foreigners') from 1875 up to the da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)