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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Foreign Secretary, 1843-1937

21. IOR/L/PS/10/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/386
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf Katr Treaty'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part 3 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns a treaty between Britain and El Katr (also spelled Katar in the file) [Qatar]. In a copy of a telegram to the Secretary of State for India, dated 13 August 1913, the Viceroy of India acknowledges the former's wish to negotia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1913-11 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/10/387/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/387/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)'
Scope & Content:
Part 4 primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], following the outbreak of the First World War. It includes the following: discussion regarding Bin Saud's relations with the Ottoman government, and the need for the British to secur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1914-17 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 item (211 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/10/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/404
Title:
File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the Bushire-Shir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1913-23 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/10/437

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/437
Title:
File 5184/1913 Persian Gulf: status of Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The volume focuses on two main topics. The first is the status of the Persian Gulf Political Residency at Bushire: a proposal to raise its status to a first class residency in 1915 (see folios 152-58) and subsequent proposals to reduce its status back to a second class residency in 1926 (see fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1931
Extent:
1 volume (191 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/448/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/448/2
Title:
File 1032/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: TRADE with Gulf Ports'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 concerns the shipping of goods between India and Southern Persian ports. Much of the correspondence discusses exports of metals and the possibility of such exports falling into enemy hands. It covers the following subject matter: discussion of Foreign Office concerns regarding exports of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1914-2 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 item (152 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/451/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/451/1
Title:
File 1187/1914 Pt 2 ‘Persia – Policy. British Interests in the South. Russian Policy’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office minute papers, relating to British interests and Russian policy in the South of Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to the following: the condition of the Lynch road from Ahwaz to Isfahan (the Bakhtiari Road) the question o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1914-18 Jun 1915
Extent:
1 item (149 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/484

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/484
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 7 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the Persian Gendarmerie in southern Persia (Fars), and the pro-German feelings of the Swedish officers who were part of it. The volume covers: Accusations against Swedish officers employed by the Persian Gendarmerie in Fars, suggesting that they have been abandoning their ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Mar 1915-3 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/485

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/485
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 8 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the plan for the British occupation of Bushire. The volume covers: Measures to be taken at the Persian Gulf Ports in case of armed intervention against Persia, issued by the Admiralty to the Commander-in-C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1915-5 Nov 1915
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/486
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 9 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British occupation of Bushire. The volume covers: Instructions regarding Bakhtiari. Movements of Wassmuss and German agents in Persia. Situation in Bushire, at Isfahan, at Urumia [Urmia, Iran], and at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1915-17 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (305 folios)