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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Government of India, Posts and Telegraphs Department, c 1877-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/10/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/104
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 1 'Persia: telegraphs; Seistan telegraph lines; Meshed-Seistan; Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad-Koh i Malik Siah; proposed exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the construction of telegraph lines in Persia. Issues discussed include the implications for Britain's relations with the Persian government and how influence could be achieved. Also discussed is the British strategy for negotiating with the Russians who held a sphere of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1916
Extent:
1 volume (422 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/105
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 2 'Persia: telegraphs; exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the Anglo-Persian convention specifically as it related to telegraph lines in the Russian (northern) and British (southern) zones of influence: the transfer of the control of telegraph lines betwen Russia and Britain with reference to the zones of infl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1908
Extent:
1 volume (382 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/397
Title:
PZ 3506/40 'Inauguration of Tehran broadcasting station'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding Radio broadcasting in India and Iran. Included are two telegrams (folios 2 to 3) from Edward Walter Fletcher, Secretary. One is addressed to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, to HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1940-10 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2046

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2046
Title:
Coll 5/84 ‘Discussions re post war civil aviation’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to developments in post-war civil aviation. It contains correspondence related to the stance to be taken by Commonwealth countries in preparation for the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation. The file also contains a set of papers submitted by Alber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1944-30 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (128 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/139
Title:
File 1/A/1 I Stamps and Postage; Relations with Persia
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the issue in Bahrain, at the request of the Ruler of Bahrain, of Indian postage stamps bearing the surcharge 'Bahrain' (i.e. overprinted with the word 'Bahrain') and the response of the Persian Government in view of Persia's claim to Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Oct 1932-11 May 1935
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1595

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595
Title:
File 17/1 II Stationery - from Jany 1934
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery indents, tonnage certificates, and designs for rubber stamps. Correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Controller of Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-25 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (289 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1597
Title:
File 17/1 Collection No. II Stationery Indent for 1945-1946, 46-47. Papers + Rubber Stamps etc.
Scope & Content:
This file contains: Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery idents, bills, and annual budget statements. Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Resident for the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1945-18 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (327 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/412
Title:
File 12/9 I Gwadur Post Office Buildings
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers cover: correspondence concerning the Post Office boundary; sketch plans of sites; the disposal and sale of buildings (the 'Old Political Bungalow' and the 'Inspection Bungalow') to the Government of Muscat and Oman; well; co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1936-28 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

9. Mss Eur F111/352

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/352
Title:
'Seistan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to Seistan [Sistan] and Persia [Iran]. The file includes printed copies of despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General of India and HM Consul-General for Khorasan and Seistan (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Martindale Temple), to the Secretary to the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1899-4 Apr 1904
Extent:

1 file (388 folios)