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481. IOR/L/PS/10/668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/668
Title:
File 1010/1917 ‘PERSIA: CONCESSIONS – Khostaria concession; Leach concession; Toumaniantz concession’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to applications from foreign interests for oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. These were of interest to the British Government because of the potential threat they presented to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s [APOC] monopoly on oil exploration and extra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Mar 1917-13 Aug 1922
Extent:

1 volume (230 folios)

482. IOR/L/PS/10/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/674
Title:
File 1355/1917 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic - Convention'
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the Arms Traffic Convention (1919). The papers include: The final text of the Arms Traffic Convention signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, containing the names of the signatory states, 10 September-23 October 1919; the opinions of the French and British governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Oct 1919-20 Jan 1921
Extent:
1 volume (343 folios)

483. IOR/L/PS/10/687

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/687
Title:
File 2678/1917 Pt 1 & 2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ROUBLE EXCHANGE &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two parts (items): IOR/L/PS/10/687/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/687/2. Both parts consist of papers relating to financial arrangements for the acquisition of currency for the payment, by the British Government, of Russian troops in Persia [Iran], and the associated difficulties and iss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 volume (371 folios)

484. IOR/L/PS/10/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/690
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 1 'PERSIA: SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES STATUS &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the South Persia Rifles, including its organisation, costs, control, role and status. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department, Finance Department, and Army Department; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1917-4 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (402 folios)

485. IOR/L/PS/10/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/691
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 2 'SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to expenditure on the South Persia Rifles and its dissolution in 1921. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department (later Foreign and Political Department), and Finance Departm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1919-11 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (435 folios)

486. IOR/L/PS/10/692/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/692/2
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 4, 'South Persia Rifles: - General correspondence regarding disbandment. Disposal of arms, ammunition, stores etc.'
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles, including attempts (in the opinion of the India Office) of the Foreign Office and HM Minister in Tehran to prolong its existence, and the disposal of arms, ammunition, equipment and medical stores. The principal correspondents are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1921-3 Mar 1922
Extent:
1 item (184 folios)

487. IOR/L/PS/10/725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/725
Title:
File 5118/1917 ‘Persia: British Cordon on Eastern Frontier (Meshed-Seistan Telegraph Line)’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers about the British cordon on the Eastern Frontier of Persia [Iran], from October 1917 to September 1920. The papers are comprised of correspondence, chiefly between the India Office, the Consul-General at Meshed [Mashhad], the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1917-20 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (172 folios)

488. IOR/L/PS/10/727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/727
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 1 'Persia: situations in Fars and Shiraz'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the military and political situation in Fars and Shiraz in 1918. Topics discussed in the volume include: Alleged plots against officers of South Persia Rifles The affairs of the South Persia Rifles The attitude of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1917-23 Aug 1918
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

489. IOR/L/PS/10/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/728
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 2 'Persia - policy; Shiraz situation; Bushire operations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to policy on the political and military situation in Shiraz, and Bushire military operations in the period 1918-1920. Topics discussed in the volume include: Situation at Shiraz as recorded in the telegrams Situatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1918-15 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (297 folios)

490. IOR/L/PS/10/729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/729
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation in the South; aeroplanes at Bushire; post-war garrisons in the Persian Gulf; question of withdrawal of British troops; War Minister's visit to the South, 1922'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to political and military situation in south Persia. Topics discussed in the volume include: The retention of aeroplanes at Bushire Persian Gulf – proposals for garrisons Proposals for British garrisons in the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1919-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (369 folios)