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036-000349582 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, 1834-1947

1. IOR/L/MIL/7/16903

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16903
Title:
Collection 403/83 ‘Frontier and overseas operations. Kurd levies in N. E. Persia.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to military assistance for the Malleson Mission (also referred to as the Meshed [Mashhad] Mission), and in particular the raising of Hazara and Kurdish levies for service in north-east Persia [Iran]. The main correspondents are the Government of India,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1918-8 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/7/18558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18558
Title:
Collection 425/1388 ‘European War 1914: Indian Units for Persia. Formation of Mechanical Transport and Labour Companys.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning the formation of a Ford Motor Van Company (No. 5 Mechanical Transport Company), for service in Seistan [Sistan], including efforts by the Government of India, Army Department to acquire vehicles from Singapore and elsewhere; and the formation of a lab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1918-2 May 1919
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/7/18535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/18535
Title:
Collection 425/1364 ‘European War 1914-: British Mission Escort South Persia. (South Persia Rifles) Acting promotion. Service to count as field service for leave pay.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning leave pay for invalided officers of the Escort to the British Mission in South Persia [Iran] and temporary promotion for personnel of the Escort and the Sistan Field Force, as part of arrangements for units of the Indian Army serving with Expeditionar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1916-24 Apr 1918
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/7/3660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/3660
Title:
Collection 80/218 ‘R.I.N. Arrangements for policing of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a proposed transfer of responsibility for the policing of the Persian Gulf from the Royal Navy to the Government of India. It includes discussion of an objection made by the Admiralty to the employment of Royal Indian Navy vessels for this duty. The A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1935-Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (39 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/7/16875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16875
Title:
Collection 403/56 ‘Situation in Persia 1912. Telegraphic Correspondence.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] in 1912. The conditions on the Bushire [Bushehr] and Ispahan [Isfahan] roads are discussed in relation to robberies and attacks. An attack on the Shiraz Consul, Mr Smart, is discussed and his account of the attack is includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 December 1911-29 January 1914
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/7/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/221
Title:
Collection 2/64: 'Indian Medical Service. Re-organisation etc. Medical arrangements for telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from officials of the Foreign Departmentof the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India and a memorandumby the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. It concernsproposals for the provision of medical and sanitary care for the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1901-6 Sep 1901
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

7. IOR/L/MIL/7/10820

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/10820
Title:
Collection 248/17 'Provision of consular escorts in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns personnel of the British Indian Army serving as Consular Escorts in Persia [Iran]. It contains correspondence relating to: the question of retaining Consular Escorts in Persia after the withdrawal of Norperforce [the North Persia Force]; the proposed retention of Escorts at th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1919-17 Jun 1924
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

8. IOR/L/MIL/7/16933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16933
Title:
Collection 403/108 ‘Frontier and overseas operations. Malleson’s Mission. Withdrawal of troops from East Persia.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the withdrawal of the Malleson Mission from east Persia [Iran]. It includes: Summaries of reports from Major General Wilfrid Malleson concerning Bolshevik activities in Central Asia, including Transcaspia, the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan, Bokhara [Bukha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1918-15 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (437 folios)

9. IOR/L/MIL/7/17371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/17371
Title:
Collection 425/214 ‘European War 1914-: Rewards for meritorious service in the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence dated 9 February 1915 to 16 April 1919. The correspondence concerns recommendations for rewards and promotions for British and Indian military and naval personnel serving in Mesopotamia [Iraq], southern Persia [Iran], and the Persian Gulf in the First World War....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1915-16 Apr 1916
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

10. IOR/L/MIL/7/10816

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/10816
Title:
Collection 248/13 'Quarterly Returns showing strength of Consular Guards and Escorts in Persia.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of quarterly strength returns dated 30 September 1910 to 1 January 1929, sent by the Government of India, Army Department and (from July 1925) Army Headquarters, India to the India Office. The strength returns list personnel of the British Indian Army serving as Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1910-13 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 file (357 folios)