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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944 Place Meshed, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/326
Title:
File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises one part discussing the administration of the Persian telegraph lines. The volume contains correspondence, minutes, notes, and telegrams regarding the restoration of the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Aug 1919-21 Jan 1924
Extent:
1 volume (405 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/923
Title:
File 6342/1920 'Persia: Meshed; Consular Appointments'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the position of Consul in Meshed [Mashhad] and the political and economic situation in East Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover: Description of the political situation in East Persia where disturbances a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1920-18 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/769
Title:
Ext 6101/42 'Ghulam Haidar - claim for compensation for damage to motor car during Allied invasion of Persia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter to the British Consulate General for Khorasan from Ghulam Haidar, British Indian, claiming for compensation for damage to his motor car by the Iranian military authorities, in Meshed. Further correspondence between the British Legation in Tehran, the Foreign Office, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1942-15 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3404
Title:
Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal affairs; Shah’s tours in Persia: general situation reports’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings collected from the British and Persian press, relating to the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. Subjects covered include: The Shah’s tours and visits around Persia, including to the towns a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Feb 1931-27 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 volume (514 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3426
Title:
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3467
Title:
Coll 28/60(2) ‘Persia; Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, British Consular Representatives, etc.,’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers concerning the ill-treatment of British subjects in Persia [Iran] by the Persian authorities. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/60(1) ‘Persia. Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, and British Consular Representat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
5 Jan 1938-14 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3483

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3483
Title:
Coll 28/79 ‘Persia. attacks by brigands. etc. on foreign subjects in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to incidents in which foreigners in Persia [Iran], specifically British subjects, were subjected to attacks or break-ins, and in some cases badly injured. The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1933-18 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)