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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1862-1931

1. IOR/L/PS/6/120, ff 364-364a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/120, ff 364-364a
Title:
General No. 26 of 1874, Inviting the Attention of HM Government to Article II of the Telegraph Convention with the Persian Government, Concluded on 2 December 1872, and Expressing a Hope that the Persian Government May be Moved to Take Steps to Ensure Due Protection of British Officers Employed in Persia
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a copy of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 August 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 7 August 1874, inviting the attention of HM Government to Article II of the Telegra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1874-7 Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/108
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 5 'Telegraphs:- N. Persia. Tehran-Khanikan line; Tehran-Shahrud line; I. E. Tel. Dept's undertakings in N. Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly between the UK Foreign Office Government of India officials, reporting on the proposed telegraph lines Tehran-Khanikin and Tehran-Shahrud. Also discussed is the Indo-European Telegraph Department's undertakings in Persia and German enquiries r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1911
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/325

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/325
Title:
File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises one part discussing the Arabistan telegraph line: correspondence, notes and telegrams regarding repairs to the Line, and arrangements made with the Persian Government regarding their modernization after the destruction of the tract between Bander Rig [Bandar Rig, Iran] and B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1912-27 Nov 1919
Extent:
1 volume (192 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/326
Title:
File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises one part discussing the administration of the Persian telegraph lines. The volume contains correspondence, minutes, notes, and telegrams regarding the restoration of the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Aug 1919-21 Jan 1924
Extent:
1 volume (405 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/327/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/327/2
Title:
File 80/1913 Pt 4 'Persia: Telegraphs'
Scope & Content:
Part 4 contains minutes and correspondence regarding the telegraph lines in Persia, including the planned cession to Russia of the line Tehran - Khanikin [Khanaqin, Iraq], and the disposal of the same line between Kerind [Kūh Kerind, Iran] and Khanaqin. The principal correspondents are the Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Feb 1924-2 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 item (152 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/582

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/582
Title:
File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Nov 1915-4 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/583
Title:
File 334/1916 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Outrages against British subjects. Shiraz Prisoners. (Col. O’Connor & others) Claim for compensation [etc.]’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to a claim for compensation from the Persian [Iranian] Government being made by the British Government, on behalf of mostly British subjects who were arrested by the Persian gendarmerie at Shiraz on 10 November 1915, with most of the men being held prisoner by T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1916-30 May 1927
Extent:

1 volume (268 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/661/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/5
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf. Notable topics of discussion include the following: Changes to RIMS Nearchus and its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment') Proposed new arrangements...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1921-4 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 item (282 folios)