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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Army, 1794-1925

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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

15. 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)

16. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 17-18
Title:
‘Letters from Persia received June 26.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (19 May 1856, Numbers 27-29. The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter is the activities and distribution of the Persian Army, includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

17. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 May 1856, Number 22) and the Government of Bombay (27 May 1856, Numbers 39-40). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatch from the Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

18. Mss Eur F231/30, ff 15-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/30, ff 15-16
Title:
‘Letters from Mr Thompson at Bagdad’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of two secret letters received from Mr Thompson at Baghdad (30 and 31 January 1857). They are concerned with reports of events unfolding in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)