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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

281. IOR/L/PS/18/C100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C100
Title:
British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir D. M. Stewart
Scope & Content:
The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Donald Martin Stewart, member of the Viceroy's Council, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) and a Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall dated 3 November 1899 (IOR/L/PS/18/C99) regarding British p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1899
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

282. IOR/L/PS/18/C105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C105
Title:
Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy on Russian Ambitions in Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a Minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council regarding Russian ambitions in Eastern Persia. These include: the absorption of Persia, the connection of Russian territories by railway with the Indian Ocean, and the acquisition of a fort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1901
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

283. IOR/L/PS/18/C107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C107
Title:
Persia - policy to be pursued towards. Minute by the Viceroy of 29 December 1871 with a note
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum and additional note by Lord Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, concerning British policy in Persia. It expresses Lord Mayo's opinion on Anglo-Indian foreign policy such as building relations of friendship, the maintenance of peace, and oppo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1871
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

284. IOR/L/PS/18/C108A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C108A
Title:
PERSIAN LOAN. TELEGRAMS, 20TH JANUARY - 1ST APRIL.
Scope & Content:
This file reproduces telegrams written between the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy of India, the First Minister at Teheran (Sir Arthur Hardinge), and the Foreign Secretary (Marquess of Lansdowne), in which the authors assess the merits and logistics of a proposed loan to the Persian Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1903-1 Apr 1903
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

285. IOR/L/PS/18/C122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C122
Title:
'Memorandum on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of proposals for railways in Persia between 1872 and 1911. This includes discussion of the potential advantages/disadvantages (both commercial and political) for the British in the construction of railways in Southern Persia, and the potential threat posed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1911
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

286. IOR/L/PS/18/C145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C145
Title:
Political Situation in Persia, the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Aden
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided up into four sections and a conclusion. The first (folios 125-130) provides an update on the political situation in Persia, and considers how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to British interests, with specific updates on the following places: Isfanhan [Eşfahān], Fars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1916
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

287. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

288. IOR/L/PS/18/C158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C158
Title:
Memorandum by the Chief of Imperial General Staff and a Minute by Edmund George Barrow and John Evelyn Shuckburgh, on the Situation in Southern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns attacks made against the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles] by members of Persian tribes at Kazerun and Dashtistan [Dashtestan] (also spelled as 'Dasht-i-Arjun' and 'Dashtarjin' in the file), and the possibility of sending troops from Bushire. The file consists of a m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1916-27 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

289. IOR/L/PS/18/C162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C162
Title:
Sir Percy Sykes's Position. Viceroy's Telegram of 28 February 1917. Note by Political Secretary, India Office.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note which concerns Sir Percy Sykes's position as commander of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The note, written by the Secretary to the Political Department, India Office [Sir Arthur Hirtzel], is written in response to a telegram, dated 28 February 1917 a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

290. IOR/L/PS/18/C165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C165
Title:
Mesopotamia Administrative Council. Control of South Persian Rifles.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns control of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The file consists of the following seven telegrams, which were submitted to the War Cabinet: Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain] to the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], 19 March 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917-13 Jun 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)