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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/MIL Name Sykes, Percy Molesworth, Knight, army officer and diplomat, 1867-1945

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/803

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/803
Title:
Correspondence, Telegrams and Notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Situation in Persia
Scope & Content:
This file contains material relating to a review of politico-military conditions in Persia [Iran], following the revelation of Turkish plans to invade Persia in order to reach Afghanistan, which would in turn have threatened the British Empire in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1917-May 1918
Extent:
3 files (444 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/17/15/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/33
Title:
REPORT ON minor operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles from the 28th March to the 25th June 1917.
Scope & Content:
The file is a printed report, consisting of a despatch from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector General, South Persia Rifles, to the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, which provides details of five minor military operations undertaken against tribes in southern Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)