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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Reports Name British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944

1. IOR/L/PS/10/737

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/737
Title:
File 1129/1918 'Bushire Trade Reports, (1917- )'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains annual trade reports for the port of Bushire [Bushehr], beginning with fiscal year 1916-17 and ending with fiscal year 1924-25. The reports are authored by the Vice-Consul, Bushire, or by other staff of the Consulate or of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1917-29 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 volume (314 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/859

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/859
Title:
File 5257/1919 'Persia: the Military Commission'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding military affairs in Persia [Iran]. Related matters of discussion include the following: appointment and nomination of administrative officers, mainl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1919-19 May 1922
Extent:
1 volume (258 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3442
Title:
Coll 28/39 ‘Persia: Printed Correspondence 1929-1936’
Scope & Content:
Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department) relating to Persia [Iran]. The original correspondence was exchanged between British representatives in Persia (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran), t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
10 Mar 1930-1 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 volume (583 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3443
Title:
Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
Scope & Content:
Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (158 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3447
Title:
Coll 28/44 ‘Persia. Internal. Fars affairs & Shiraz situation’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 322-420) contains copies of various reports on the internal situation in the district of Fars, most of which were prepared by the British Consul at Shiraz between 1932 and 1939. These reports describe security, public order, economic conditions and agricultural pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1932-29 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3451
Title:
Coll 28/46 ‘Persia. Who’s Who, and Leading Personalities in:’
Scope & Content:
Printed copies of reports entitled Biographies of Leading Personalities in Persia (also referred to in the file as Who’s Who in Persia, and Report on Personalities in Persia). The reports were compiled by officials at the British Legation in Tehran, and updated periodically. The file contains co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1929-7 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (174 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3470A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3470A
Title:
Coll 28/62 ‘Persia. Soviet commercial penetration in:’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 52-75) contains correspondence dated 1932, exchanged between: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare; John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office; George William Rendel of the Foreign Office; Cecil Claude Farrer of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1932-21 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)