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31. IOR/L/PS/10/687/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/687/1
Title:
File 2678/1917 Pt 1 'Persia: Financial arrangements Rouble Exchange'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers relating to the financing, by the British Government, of the Imperial Russian Army in Persia [Iran], notably difficulties concerning the acquisition of currency for the payment of troops, and the development of British policy regarding the method of distribution of fund...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Jun 1917-24 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 item (206 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/18/B110/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B110/1
Title:
Sheikh Said. Memorandum in Continuation of Departmental Memorandum of 7th March 1893. (With Sketch Map.)
Scope & Content:
A memorandum written by Edmund Neel, Political and Secret Department, India Office, in continuation of a previous memorandum [IOR/L/PS/18/B60], in which the Resident at Aden is urged to ascertain the present situation at Sheikh Said [Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd] following fears that the French Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1897
Extent:

1 item (5 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/18/C10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C10
Title:
No.33. Memorandum communicated to the Earl of Derby by Malcolm Khan, April 8 1874
Scope & Content:
Memorandum written in French and published by the Foreign Office in 1874. The memorandum discusses the situation in Persia, including the interior and exterior threats the country faces, and the potential threat the situation poses to the borders of the British Empire. The perceived exterior...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1874
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/18/C28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C28
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1879
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5
Title:
Correspondence respecting the occupation of Merv by Russia and her proceedings on the Khorassan Frontier of Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Political and Secret Department, of historical events and correspondence relating to the occupation of Merv by Russia, and to Russian activity in Khorassan, on the Persian boundary. The memorandum reproduces a despatch to the Russia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1884
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/18/C42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C42
Title:
Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Stewart, Bengal Staff Corps, on Special Duty on the Perso-Afghan Frontier.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report written by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Stewart, Bengal Staff Corps, in which he describes his journeys to and around Mashad, Herat and Merv in the vicinity of the Perso-Afghan frontier, and provides detailed intelligence regarding topography, settlements, com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1883
Extent:

1 file (40 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/18/C44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C44
Title:
Memorandum on the Russo-Perso-Afghan Frontier.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written by Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, in which the author discusses a proposed delimitation of the Russo-Perso-Afghan frontier by the Russian Government. The author points out that, aside from the difficulties of delimiting such featureless terrain, any artifici...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

38. IOR/L/PS/18/C54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C54
Title:
'NOTE ON PERSIA.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, in which the author suggests ways to improve relations between the Shah of Persia and the British Government in order to limit the influence of the Russian Government in Persia. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1887
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/18/C78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C78
Title:
'The Russians in Akhal'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided into four parts. The first part (folios 26-41) outlines Russian activities and aims in the Trans-Caspian region from 1716-1880; it narrates the extension of Russian influence over the Turcoman [Turkmen] tribes in the region to their eventual absorption into the Russian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1882
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/18/C81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C81
Title:
'Memorandum on the Affairs of Persia. August 1892 to October 1893.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a summary of news and events in Persia of interest to the British Government. The subject matter largely concerns itself with reports indicating that the current Shah, Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, is very unpopular, and discussion on whether Britain and Russia should work together...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1893
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)