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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/804
Title:
Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Eastern Persian Cordon
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the Eastern Persia Cordon. The papers include: the telegram from the British Consul in Sistan on road-making (18 October 1918); The number of British officers in the Sistan and Khorasan Levy Corps (29 October 1918); the possibility of recruiting Hazara men for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/805
Title:
'South Persian Rifles and Southern Persia Vol II'
Scope & Content:
This file contains material relating to the South Persia Rifles, southern Persia [Iran], the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyari] Tribe and the oil fields developed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). It includes: A table showing the disposition of troops in southern Persia in December 1917 The capture of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Aug 1919
Extent:
1 file (403 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6/2, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/6/2, f 103
Title:
'Map to illustrate HABITAT & MIGRATIONS of more important Clans (Tirehs) of QASHGAI TRIBES.'
Scope & Content:
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part II. The map shows a region of southern and western Persia, indicating the habitats and migration routes of clans of Qashgai [Qashqai] people, cities, towns, roads and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1922
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18
Title:
‘A Report on the Tribes of Fars’
Scope & Content:
Confidential report on the tribes of the Fars region of Persia [Iran], produced by Captain A J Christian of the General Staff, Shiraz, 1918. The report was printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla [Shimla], 1919. The report covers a number of tribal groupings: the Khamseh, Qashgai [Qashq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (89 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30
Title:
REPORTS ON MINOR OPERATONS IN SOUTH PERSIA UNDER Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G., from May to July 1918. GENERAL STAFF INDIA
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of reports on minor military operations in 'South Persia' contained in a despatch from the Inspector General, South Persia Rifles (Percy Molesworth Sykes) to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla. The reports recount operations against Labu Muhammadis, Cheh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 volume (87 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/725
Title:
File 5118/1917 ‘Persia: British Cordon on Eastern Frontier (Meshed-Seistan Telegraph Line)’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers about the British cordon on the Eastern Frontier of Persia [Iran], from October 1917 to September 1920. The papers are comprised of correspondence, chiefly between the India Office, the Consul-General at Meshed [Mashhad], the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1917-20 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (172 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/965/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/965/2
Title:
File 537/1921 Part 2 'Persia: Oil - A.P.O. Co's development of new oil-fields; Oil Boring at Dasht-i-Qil; A.P.O. Co's agreement with Kashkuli Khans'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding agreements made by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) for the establishment of new oilfields at Dasht-i-Qil, an area inland from Genawah [Bandar Ganaveh, Iran]. The correspondence covers: An oil drilling agreement between APOC and loca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1921-14 Dec 1923
Extent:
1 item (127 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/656
Title:
Ext 6552/41 ‘Security Organisation in Persia’
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to ‘Security Organisation in Persia [Iran]’. The papers include: The deputation of an officer from the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI) to Tehran with cover as Assistant Military Attaché, charged with collating the records of Persians and other nationals s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1941-30 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (158 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3447
Title:
Coll 28/44 ‘Persia. Internal. Fars affairs & Shiraz situation’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file (ff 322-420) contains copies of various reports on the internal situation in the district of Fars, most of which were prepared by the British Consul at Shiraz between 1932 and 1939. These reports describe security, public order, economic conditions and agricultural pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1932-29 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3448
Title:
Coll 28/44 ‘Persia; Internal; Fars affairs, Shiraz Situation including Papers on Isfahan Plot.’
Scope & Content:
Papers and reports concerning a rebellion against the Persian Government by the country’s southern tribes (including the Qashqai and Bakhtiari) in the provinces of Isfahan and Fars in August 1946. The papers include: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougete...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
2 Sep 1946-29 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)