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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name King of Afghanistan, 1826-1973

1. IOR/L/PS/18/C56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C56
Title:
Perso-Afghan Frontier. MEMORANDUM BY SIR WEST RIDGEWAY.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written by Sir West Ridgeway, in which the author records his opinion that it is not the fault of the British Government that the Perso-Afghan boundary dispute at Hashtadan remains unsettled. The author goes on to suggest that the dispute be allowed to continue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1887
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C145
Title:
Political Situation in Persia, the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Aden
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided up into four sections and a conclusion. The first (folios 125-130) provides an update on the political situation in Persia, and considers how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to British interests, with specific updates on the following places: Isfanhan [Eşfahān], Fars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1916
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C65
Title:
The History of Seistan and Lash-Jowain
Scope & Content:
This document was compiled and signed by H Le Poer Wynne (Foreign Department) and covers the history of Seistan and Lash-Jowain [Lāsh-e Juwayn], including the dispute over sovereignty which led to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-7). The document is divided into the following sections: 1. The histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1870
Extent:

38 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/18/A169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A169
Title:
'Anglo-Russian Relations'
Scope & Content:
This file begins with draft instructions, under the heading 'Anglo-Russian Relations', apparently written by John Morley, Secretary of State for India, for Sir Arthur Nicolson, British Ambassador at St Petersburg, in advance of negotiations over an Anglo-Russian agreement. The instructions are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1906-12 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 412-422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 412-422
Title:
Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the Michnee Fort
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 13 October 1873, forwarding copies of papers connected with the murder of Maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1873-11 Oct 1873
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 435-456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 435-456
Title:
Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the Michnee Fort
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 13 October 1873, forwarding copies of papers connected with the murder of Maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1873-13 Oct 1873
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 658-660a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 658-660a
Title:
Political No. 165 of 1873, In Regard to the Assassination of Major Macdonald, Confirming Receipt of a Telegram from the Commissioner of Peshawur, Announcing the Suspension, by the Ameer of Cabul, of Nowroz Khan from the Governorship of Lalpoora, at the Suggestion of the British Government
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 22 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 18 October 1873, confirming reciept of a telegram dated the 11 September 1873,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1873-18 Oct 1873
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 155-168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 155-168
Title:
Political No. 16 of 1874, Acknowledging a Despatch from the Secretary of State for India on the Murder of Major Macdonald, and Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to Measures Put in Place in the North-West Frontier of the Punjab
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 16 January 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 10 February 1874. The despatch initially acknowledges receipt of the Secretary ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1874-10 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/473

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/473
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 2 'German War: German emissaries to Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the Persian Campaign of the First World War and the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran] between June and November 1915. The correspondence is particularly concerned with German and Ottoman attempts to infiltrate Afghanistan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jun 1915-21 Nov 1915
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/A107b/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A107b/2
Title:
Shahzada's Return Journey, Marseilles to Suez
Scope & Content:
A report from Sir William Gerald Vesey Fitzgerald, Under Secretary of State for India [Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India], for the India Office. The report concerns Shahzada Nasrulla Khan of Afghanistan and his return trip from England following a state visit during the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1895
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)