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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department, 1937-1947

11. IOR/L/PS/12/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/300
Title:
PZ 5277/1939 'War - Offers of service in the event of -'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to individuals offering their services, mainly to the India Office or the Foreign Office, in the event of war, and for war work after the outbreak of the Second World War. The individuals concerned were offering their services in regions including: Tibet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1939-5 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/301
Title:
PZ 5333/39 Retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf: Application for Re-employment
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the retirement of Sir Trenchard Fowle as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and from Government of India employment, and his desire for re-employment. It includes correspondence between Fowle and the following: the Secretary of State for India;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1939-8 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/311
Title:
Persia: supply of dynamite, etc to the Persian Government
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a request from the Persian Government for supplies of dynamite. The request is passed from the Iranian Consul-General to the Government of India, Department of Supply, who refer the matter to the Foreign Office out of concern for what they feel is an '...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1939-2 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/313
Title:
Complaint regarding repetition of "Most Secret" Foreign Office telegram
Scope & Content:
The main focus of the file is a deciphered telegram (folio 5), sent from the Government of India External Affairs Department to the Secretary of State for India, which contains intelligence relating to a potential threat to British interests in Asia from Germany and Russia. The next letter, from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1939-17 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/327
Title:
PZ 376/1940 'Turkey: Earthquake in Turkey, 1939.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the 1939 Turkish earthquake. It largely consists of: copies of letters from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Counsellor, British Embassy, Angora [Ankara], Turkey, forwarding enclosed correspondence reg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1940-14 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/330
Title:
PZ 645/40(1) 'Persian Gulf Movements of the Political Resident'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, London, and the External Affairs Department (formerly the Foreign and Political Department) of the Government of India, New Delhi. These relate to the Resident’s movements and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1928-9 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (407 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/331
Title:
PZ 645/40(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Movement of the Political Resident (& temporary addresses)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office, London, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, New Delhi. These relate to the Resident’s movements and temporary addresses, as well as the acting arra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1942-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (200 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/334

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/334
Title:
PZ 831/40 'Rumour (unfounded) that Americans had been warned to leave Persia before the end of November 1939'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to a rumour that American citizens had been advised by their Consuls to leave Iran, as the American Consulate would not be responsible for their safety after November 1939. The main correspondents are the Central Intelligence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1940-24 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/365
Title:
PZ 2031/1940 'Staff tour to Kuwait and Bahrain for reconnaissance for landing of mechanised forces'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a reconnaissance mission to Kuwait by British officers. The correspondence mainly focuses on the fact that the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf was not informed of the tour in advance. The main correspondents are the Political Resident, the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940-23 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/367
Title:
PZ 2108/40 'Press article by H N Brailsford: need to discourage this type of article'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence sent between British officials in the India relating to their reactions to an article, 'Why this army in the East?', which was written by Henry Noel Brailsford and published by the British newspaper Reynolds News. The main correspondents are Roland Tennyson Pee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1940-9 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)