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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Army, 1794-1925 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 1A-128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/451, ff 1A-128
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 81 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 14 June-14 August 1847. The primary documents are despatches of Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1847
Extent:
1 item (129 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 442-502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 442-502
Title:
Persian Affairs and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 24 dated 2 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 29 February-24 March 1856. The papers comprise: 1) Copies of despatches of Charles Augustus ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1856
Extent:
1 item (61 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 161-202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 161-202
Title:
Persia and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 34 of 1856, dated 10 May 1856. The enclosures are dated 8 March-29 April 1856. The enclosures chiefly comprise copies of despatches, with enclosures, to the Sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 May 1856
Extent:
1 item (43 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 244-279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 244-279
Title:
Afghanistan and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 39 of 1856, dated 27 May 1856. The enclosures are dated 22 March-23 May 1856. The enclosures notably comprise the following: A despatch from the Secretary to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1856
Extent:

1 item (36 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 47 of 1856, dated 25 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 22 April-13 May 1856. The enclosures comprise copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436
Title:
Persia and Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1856, dated 28 July 1856. The enclosure is dated 19 May 1856. The enclosure comprises copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul in Tehra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C30
Title:
Notes on the Persian Army
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the size and composition of the Persian Army; this includes a list of the regiments currently in service. It also outlines the remuneration provided to both officers — of various ranks — and private soldiers. In addition, the armaments in use by both the infantry and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1880
Extent:
3 folios

10. Mss Eur F111/694

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/694
Title:
Report on the Persian Army compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant J.A. Douglas 2nd Bengal Lancers
Scope & Content:
This file is a report on the structure of the Persian Army. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India by Lieutenant James Archibald Douglas, the report gives the British perspective of the strength and weaknesses of the Persian Army. The report is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)