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101. IOR/L/PS/9/76/238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/238
Title:
Intercepted Letter from Caboul
Scope & Content:
A copy of an intercepted letter from Caboul [Kabul] from a French author to a correspondent in Paris, dated 8 March 1802. The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

102. IOR/L/PS/9/76/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/247
Title:
Intercepted letter from Caboul
Scope & Content:
An intercepted letter from a French author in Caboul [Kabul] to a correspondent in Spanish Biscay, dated 8 March 1802. The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

103. IOR/L/PS/9/76/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/249
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 20 June 1802. The letter forwards intercepted letters from a French traveller in Caboul [Kabul], attached. Jones pledges to continue to monitor this correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1802-20 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

104. IOR/L/PS/9/76/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/260
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Alexander Stratton with enclosures
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1802. The letter forwards reports from Persia [Iran] of military preparations believed to be related to a campaign a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 May 1802-30 Aug 1802
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

105. IOR/L/PS/9/76/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/291
Title:
Bulletin from Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
A bulletin concerning events in Afghanistan, written in French, dated Bagdad [Baghdad], 8 November 1802. The bulletin describes a state of calm in Candahar [Kandahar] after the defeat of the Gilgeis [Ghilzai] faction by Chahzadé Kiamran [Kāmrān Durrani] and the activities of Mahmoud Chah [Mahmūd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1802
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

106. IOR/L/PS/10/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/79
Title:
File 1377/1905 Pt 1-2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning the demarcation of the border between Persia, British India (present-day Pakistan), and Afghanistan. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Included as enclosures ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1921
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

107. IOR/L/PS/10/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/80
Title:
File 1377/1905 Pt 3-4 'Perso-Baluch Frontier'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning the border between Persia and British India that cuts through Baluchistan. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Included as enclosures is further correspondence,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1915
Extent:

1 volume (265 folios)

108. IOR/L/PS/10/196/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/196/2
Title:
File 4327/1911 Pt 2 'Turco-Italian War: Turkish propaganda'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to alleged Turkish activities in Afghanistan and the wider Central Asia region. The discussion is centred around reports, conveyed to them by the Russian Ambassador in London, of the following: Turkish officers training Afghan troops; the Turks seeking ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1911-Jan 1912
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

109. IOR/L/PS/10/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/211
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 3 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly Meshed [Mashhad] Intelligence Summary; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. These reports contain details related to regional political and military developments inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917-10 May 1919
Extent:
1 volume (562 folios)

110. IOR/L/PS/10/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455
Title:
File 2696/1914 Pt 1-2 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Anglo-Russian Agreement'. The volume concerns proposed changes to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, following a completed draft convention between Britain, China, and Tibet (completed in April 1914, but not signed by the Chinese Government)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1914-15 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)