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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Persian Expeditionary Force, 1856-1857 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 261-267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 261-267
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War
Scope & Content:
This item comprises one enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 19 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosure is dated 2 February 1857 and comprises the following two documents issued by the Secretary to Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 303-366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 303-366
Title:
The Anglo-Persian War: The Despatch of a Regiment of Sind Irregular Horse to the Persian Gulf
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. 23 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 17 January-2 February 1857. The item comprises correspondence, by letter and electric tel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 item (64 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 367-428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/490, ff 367-428
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. 24 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 4-14 January 1857. The item comprises two despatches from Major-General Foster Stalker, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 item (62 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/153
Title:
Vol 214 Persian Expeditionary Force: Cpt Felix Jones' Memorial and miscellaneous papers
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence written during and just after the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: James Felix Jones, Political Resident at Bushire; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Captain Dunsterville, Assistant Commissary-General to the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1857-21 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)