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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Consul, Ahwaz, Early 20th century-Mid 20th century

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/20
Title:
Report on the Kuhgalu tribes
Scope & Content:
This report on the Kuhgalu tribes was written by Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking (British Consul at Ahwaz) in 1910 and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press in 1911. The volume opens with a brief introduction to the Kuhgalu tribes before outlining the names and deta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1911
Extent:

1 volume (30 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/488
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is securing cordial relations with the Bakhtiari to ensure security for British trade. The volume covers: Proposed grant of British honours to two Bakhtiari khans, Sirdar Assad and Sirdar Jang. Proposed matri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1915-14 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 volume (160 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/965

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/965
Title:
File 537/1921 Parts 1-2 'Persia: Oil'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers relating oil exploration in Persia [Iran] by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), particularly the protection of oilfields in Arabistan [the southern part of Khuzestan Province] and agreements for new oilfields at Dasht-i-Qil, an area inland fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1920-21 Nov 1924
Extent:
1 volume (292 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/173
Title:
PZ 5840/35 'Mohammerah Port Regulations'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the establishment of a Port Office at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and accompanying port regulations. The discussion in the volume relates to the following regulations: Accidents relating to water transport...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1935-29 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/174
Title:
PZ 5894/35 'Persian Gulf: administration of estate of Mr W N Sequeira, bankrupt British subject'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to administration of the estate of Mr W N Sequeira, a British citizen who had gone bankrupt. The discussion in the volume relates to the situation with the creditors in Khuzistan and legal position with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1935-20 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3448
Title:
Coll 28/44 ‘Persia; Internal; Fars affairs, Shiraz Situation including Papers on Isfahan Plot.’
Scope & Content:
Papers and reports concerning a rebellion against the Persian Government by the country’s southern tribes (including the Qashqai and Bakhtiari) in the provinces of Isfahan and Fars in August 1946. The papers include: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougete...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Sep 1946-29 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3533
Title:
Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’
Scope & Content:
Consular diaries detailing affairs in Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Persia [Iran]. The diaries were submitted on a fortnightly basis by the British Consul at Ahwaz, although for some periods they were submitted monthly. The diaries cover the period of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1942-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (332 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3534
Title:
Coll 28/120(2) ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular Diaries’
Scope & Content:
Monthly consular diaries submitted by HM Consul-General at Ahwaz [Ahvāz] in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover the period January 1946 to December 1947, and describe affairs in Ahwaz under various subheadings. Subjects covered include: British officials and visitors; the evacuation of British troo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1946-5 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/98
Title:
1/C Vol: V Miscellaneous.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1924-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)