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1. IOR/L/PS/10/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/85
Title:
File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about government expenditure on the Government of India post of Military Attaché at the British Consulate General at Meshed in Persia. The main correspondents are senior officials in London at the Foreign Office, India Office, War ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1904-16 Nov 1911
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/317

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/317
Title:
File 4853/1912 ‘Persia. Military Attaché at Meshed.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, and other papers, relating to the appointment and retention of a Military Attaché at Meshed, Persia [Mashhad, Iran]. Correspondence is exchanged between representatives of the India Office, Foreign Office, War Office, and the Army Department of the Viceroy (Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1924
Extent:

1 volume (203 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/387/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/387/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)'
Scope & Content:
Part 4 primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], following the outbreak of the First World War. It includes the following: discussion regarding Bin Saud's relations with the Ottoman government, and the need for the British to secur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1914-17 Jan 1916
Extent:
1 item (211 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/389/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
Part 8 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Included are the following: discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 item (300 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/390/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/390/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 10 'N.W. Frontier: Proposed Russian zoological expedition'
Scope & Content:
The title provided at the beginning of this item does not relate in any way to the item's contents. Part 10 is in fact concerned with the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1919-13 Jan 1920
Extent:

1 item (330 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/391/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 12 'ARABIA: RELATIONS WITH BIN SAUD (AMIR OF NEJD) (HEJAZ-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE)'
Scope & Content:
Part 12 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Much of the correspondence relates to (unsucces...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1920-21 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 item (223 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/407
Title:
File 3463/1913 ‘Aden Frontier Proposed ratification of the 1905 boundary settlement’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, mainly about the latter’s proposal to seek ratification of the Aden boundary settlement of 1905, as part of British counter-concessions to be tabled at the Anglo-Turkish Commercial Convention negotiations in London, 1913-19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:

1 volume (130 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/416
Title:
File 4045/1913 Pt 1-2 'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia. Parts one and two of three. Topics covered: the proposed application by the Société Internationale d'Études for the opt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1916
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/477

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/477
Title:
File 3443/1914 Pt 6 'Persia: German agents; Documents captured at Kerman'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran], India and Afghanistan between April 1915 and January 1918. The correspondence is particularly concerned with information gained from German papers left behind in Kerman, Persia, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
17 Apr 1915-21 Jun 1921
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/491

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/491
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 16 'German War: Persia; general; question of alliance'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the British-Russian attempt to gain trust from the Persian Government, to avoid alliances with the Germans. The volume covers: Discussion on Russian proposal to place the Shia holy shrines of Kerbala and N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1915-24 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)