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037-000554997 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944

1. IOR/L/PS/12/905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/905
Title:
Ext 980/44 'Persia: Road Transport Administration'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the former Road Transport Department of the Persian Government and the transferral of its responsibilities to two newly formed bodies, the Movements Department and the Road Transport Authority. The primary correspondent is Sir Reader William Bullard, British Leg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/57
Title:
PZ 5654/32 Persia: Indian Seditionist Khan Khoji
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Khan Khoji, described as an Indian seditionist, and warning he may attempt to re-enter India through Iran. The primary correspondents are: Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; British Legation, Tehran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1932-18 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/741

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/741
Title:
Ext 4041/42 Establishment of an MI6 W/T station at Zahidan
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams between the British Legation at Tehran and the Foreign Office regarding the establishment of a Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Station at Zahidan [Zahedan, Iran], and plans to send a clerk and a Vice-Consul.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1942-8 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/214
Title:
PZ 7034/36 Incidents involving the Persian Consulate, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case concerning a former public relations officer at the Persian Consulate in Bombay and his allegations against British activity in Persia. The file includes correspondence between: the Imperial C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1936-23 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/790
Title:
Ext 345/43 'Indiscretions of Soviet consul at Kermanshah'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Foreign Office about the report on celebration on the tenth anniversary of the Russian revolution in Kermanshah written by Political Adviser, Colonel Fletcher. In his report he explains the indiscretions of Sov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1942-17 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/87

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/87
Title:
PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding actual and attempted purchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primary correspondents are: War Office; India Office; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department. Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/9
Title:
PZ 586/1931 'Persia & Iraq: Exchange of Representatives'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence sent to the India Office by the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office, mostly regarding the exchange of diplomatic representatives between Persia [Iran] and Iraq. It largely consists of copies of correspondence between the office of the High Commissio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1931-4 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)