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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Expeditionary Force, 1856-1857

1. IOR/F/4/2672/179326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2672/179326
Title:
‘Persian Expedition.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, Secret Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 17 and 31 December 1856, and 2 and 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 1 Nove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856-16 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (148 folios)

2. IOR/H/549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/549
Title:
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and events following the Armistice signed in Paris, 4 March 1857, notably intelligence, military, administrative, diplomatic and financial matters. A large proportion of the letters are o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1856-Dec 1858
Extent:

1 volume (887 folios)

3. IOR/H/550

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/550
Title:
Papers of Brigadier-General John Jacob (East India Company) Mainly Relating to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and the Aftermath
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, reports, memoranda, petitions, registers and other papers relating chiefly to events following the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857) Armistice, signed in Paris 4 March 1857, notably the military withdrawal, diplomatic, political, logistical and security-related m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1856-Dec 1857
Extent:
1 volume (728 folios)

4. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 34-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 34-59
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 5 of 1857, dated 9 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-14 and are dated 7 December 1856-7 January 1857. The initial enclosure co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 67-85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 67-85
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1857, dated 22 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 22 December 1856-19 January 1857. The enclosures consist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (19 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: Military Operations of the Persian Expeditionary Force
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1857, dated 24 March 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 14 February-23 March 1857. The initial enclosure comprise...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 47-56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 47-56
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War
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. 3 dated 2 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 24-31 December 1856. The papers comprise the following: A copy of a letter from the Secret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 119-133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 119-133
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War
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. 8 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 9-16 January 1857. The papers comprise the following: A summary by the Secretary to Gover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 166-224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 166-224
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War
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. 13 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 23 December 1856-14 January 1857. The enclosures primarily are, or convey, the despatches...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (58 folios)