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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937

1. IOR/L/PS/10/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/549
Title:
File 1262/1915 Pt 1 'Persia: Financial Assistance; The Moratorium'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and memoranda concerning financial assistance to the Persian Government during the First World War. The papers cover the discussion of Persia's request for a moratorium on loan repayments, concern about pro-German and pro-Turkish elements in a new Persian M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Mar 1915-28 Jul 1916
Extent:
1 volume (274 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/889

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/889
Title:
File 1711/1920 'Mesopotamia: General Circulars. - 1920'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of ‘Civil Administration of Iraq, General Circulars’. These are weekly compilations of general circular letters and notifications produced by, or relative to, the Civil Administration of Iraq. The copies were sent by the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1920-4 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (292 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/295
Title:
File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the Aden weekly newsletters for the years 1912 to 1916, which are also referred to as the Aden or Residency weekly political intelligence summaries or diaries and were compiled by the British Political Resident at Aden. They contain a record of current local events, news and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1912-3 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (295 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/131
Title:
File 266/1908 Pt 2-3 ‘PERSIA:-D&C. EXPENDITURE’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers (mainly correspondence and financial statements) concerning diplomatic and consular expenditure by the Government of India and the British Government, mostly in relation to Persia [Iran]. Part 2 relates specifically to expenditure on consular buildings. Each part in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1909-9 May 1916
Extent:

1 volume (253 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/419
Title:
File 4237/1913 'Persia: Birjand Vice-Consulate'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the appointment, pay and leave arrangements of the Vice-Consul at Birjand [Bīrjand] from 1913-23. The file also contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1923
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/20/MM13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM13
Title:
‘MONTHLY MEMORANDA. PERSIA. 1906-07’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India’s Foreign Department in relation to affairs in Arabia from January 1906 to December 1907. The memoranda are divided into sections, the most common of which are: ‘Aden’, ‘Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]’ and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1906-31 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/740

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/740
Title:
‘BOMBAY POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 13. TO 28. 1867.’, Vol 67
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of collections to Bombay Political Despatches from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department, numbers 13-28, dated 1868. The collections consist of papers forwarded with the Government of Bombay’s Political Despatches to the Secretary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1866-16 Jul 1868
Extent:
1 volume (608 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2002

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2002
Title:
Coll 5/49 ‘Tibet: Possibilities of air travel in’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, HM Minister at Nepal (Frederick Marshman Bailey), and HM Minister at Peking. It concerns the possibilities of flights to Lhasa in Tibet, and the absence of aircraft capab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1935-19 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/129
Title:
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA', Vol 48
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into five items: Affairs at the Court of Catmandhoo [Kathmandu] (IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 1-3) Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] Affairs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1838-14 Feb 1838
Extent:
1 volume (770 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130
Title:
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA', Vol 49
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into fifteen items: Interview with Maharajah Runjeet [Maharaja Ranjit] Singh (IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 3-19) Afghanistan Affairs (IO...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1838-5 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 volume (740 folios)