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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/771
Title:
File 5633/1918 'Iraq: medical officers for civil administration'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding medical provision requirements for the civil administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq, also written as Irak]. The papers notably cover and include: Descriptions of problems with medical service provision in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1918-14 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/91
Title:
File 952/1906 'Persian Gulf: murder of Bahrainese near Katif'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the murder of a relative of the Shaikh of Bahrain by the al-Murrah tribe near Katif. Correspondence discussed how it was necessary to persuade the Government of Turkey to take action given the jurisdiction of the Sublime Porte on the coast of Arabia. In similar vein the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1906
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2876
Title:
Coll 17/16(5)(S) 'Settlement of the Assyrians'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding areas for the possible resettlement of Assyrians residing in Iraq and Syria following the Second World War (1939-1945). Consisting of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Viceroy of India, regarding the possibility of resettlement in Northern Baluc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1945-2 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/C29/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C29/2
Title:
No 2. Persia, Herat, and Seistan — (continued)
Scope & Content:
This memorandum continues on from IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1. It includes transcripts of select telegrams sent by the Viceroy of India (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) to the India Office between 1 January and 13 March 1880 on the subject of Persia and Herat. These telegrams convey the Viceroy's opinions con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1880
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/419
Title:
File 4237/1913 'Persia: Birjand Vice-Consulate'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, regarding the appointment, pay and leave arrangements of the Vice-Consul at Birjand [Bīrjand] from 1913-23. The file also contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1923
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127
Title:
Secret Department, Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Jan. to Aug. 1837, Vol. 46
Scope & Content:
The papers in the volume relate to the mission of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade to the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore; the mission of the Political Agent in Sindh Colonel Henry Pottinger to the court of Mir Nur Muhammad Khan Talpur at Hyderabad; and the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Jan 1837-Aug 1837
Extent:
1 volume (662 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/507
Title:
File 3540/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Interpreters and Political Officers lent to War Office'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office. The discussion in the volume relates to the: Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officers Pay of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1915-12 Nov 1915
Extent:
1 volume (197 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/508
Title:
File 3540/1914 Pt 3 'German War: Interpreters and Political Officers lent to War Office'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office. The discussion in the volume relates to the: Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officers Rates ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1914-5 Dec 1916
Extent:
1 volume (174 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/561

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/561
Title:
File 3086/1915 Pt 5 'Arabia: Red Sea – Trade during German War'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the blockade of trade in the Red Sea during the First World War. The discussion in the volume relates to: Export of grain to Eritrea: removal of limit on Sudanese exports Restriction on navigators of I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 5 1915-18 Sept 1919
Extent:
1 volume (475 folios)