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171. IOR/L/PS/18/A185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A185
Title:
'Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected Information.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 1 and 30 November 1919; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. The following titles are abbreviated in the file as indicated: Chief of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1919
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

172. IOR/L/PS/18/A186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A186
Title:
Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919
Scope & Content:
The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 26 November 1919 and 5 January 1920; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. These summaries are divided into a series of sections which are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1920
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

173. IOR/L/PS/18/C3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C3
Title:
ABSTRACT of DESPATCHES and MEMORANDA on Asiatic Politics and European Diplomacy in the countries between India and Russia, and especially in Afghanistan; and as to the establishment of a British Agent at Herat, to watch the progress of events on the Perso-Afghan frontier and in other parts of Central Asia; and further as to the continuance of the subsidy to Dost Muhammad.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a memorandum which provides summaries of three despatches sent from Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Governor-General of Khorassan, conveying the British Government's proposals both to send a mission to Herat in order to prevent its annexation by Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1859
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

174. IOR/L/PS/18/C28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C28
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided into the following chapter headings: 'General Status of Persia', ff 2r-12; 'Persia and Herat', ff 12v-24r; 'Persia and Seistan [Sīstān]', ff 24r-31v; 'Persia and Kohuk', ff 31v-35; 'Persia and the Navigation of the Karun [Kārūn] River', ff 35v-39r; 'Persia and her integ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1879
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

175. 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)

176. IOR/L/PS/18/C49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C49
Title:
Perso-Afghan frontier. Report on Hashtadan
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the disputed Hashtadan lands, on the Perso-Afghan frontier. It begins with a confidential letter, dated 24 May 1885, from Colonel Joseph West Ridgeway, Assistant Commissioner in charge, Afghan Boundary Commission, Camp Sinjao, to Earl Granville [Granville George Leveson-Gower,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1885
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

177. IOR/L/PS/18/C61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C61
Title:
Hashtadun dispute. Notes of Brigadier-General MacLean's interview with the Shah at Brighton.
Scope & Content:
This document describes an interview between Brigadier-General MacLean and the Shah of Persia [Iran] at Brighton in 1889. The discussion centres on whether Hashtadun [Hashtadan] belongs to Persia or Afghanistan. The division of old water canals between the countries is suggested as a compromise ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1889
Extent:

1 folio

178. IOR/L/PS/18/C66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C66
Title:
Seistan arbitration case
Scope & Content:
This document was written by Sir Owen Tudor Burne on 19 November 1872, and is divided into the following sections: Section 1 - Brief abstract of Persia and Afghanistan History as connected with Seistan [Sīstān], including our policy in reference to the district Section 2 - Geographical and Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1872
Extent:

6 folios

179. 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)

180. IOR/L/PS/20/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/10
Title:
The Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition Between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
The file consists of notes and appendices providing a history of the arms trade up to 1908, prepared by C M Gibbon of the Persian Section of the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, Government of India. A preface is included by Wilfrid Malleson, Division of Chief of Genera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1908-Sep 1908
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)