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11. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/8
Title:
Additions and Corrections to Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV)
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of additions and corrections to the biographical dictionary of individuals, families, and tribes given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume IV) Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. It also includes gen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios)

12. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/18
Title:
‘A Report on the Tribes of Fars’
Scope & Content:
Confidential report on the tribes of the Fars region of Persia [Iran], produced by Captain A J Christian of the General Staff, Shiraz, 1918. The report was printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla [Shimla], 1919. The report covers a number of tribal groupings: the Khamseh, Qashgai [Qashq...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (89 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 444-447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 444-447
Title:
Affairs in Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 42 of 1873, dated 7 March 1873. The enclosures are dated 25 January to 15 February 1873, consist of printed correspondence, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/6/121, ff 11-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/121, ff 11-21
Title:
Political No. 159 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Correspondence Relative to the Imposition, by the Government of Fars, of a Tax which, though Nominally Levied from Muleteers, in Reality Falls on the Owners of Goods
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 September 1874, forwarding a copy of correspondence relative to the imposition, by the Government of Fars, of a tax which, though nominally levied from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/197
Title:
File 6/1912 Parts 1-2 Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British respon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 volume (489 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/316
Title:
File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire. The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/10/353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/353
Title:
File 747/1913 Pt 1 ‘Loans to Persia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to the advance of loans to Persia. Two different loans are discussed: a loan of £100,000, made by the British Government in May 1913 to the Governor-General of Fars (half of which was to be payable by the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Apr 1903-5 Feb 1914
Extent:

1 volume (236 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/10/357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/357
Title:
File 795/1913 'Persia Situation in Fars'
Scope & Content:
The volume is concerned with the Persian Province of Fars; in particular the maintenance of the order and the authority of the Governor-General. The main focus of discussion is the Gendarmerie (under the command of Swedish officers) and a new local Persian force proposed by the Governor-General....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1912-18 Jun 1913
Extent:
1 volume (191 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/10/481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/481
Title:
File 3516/1914 Pt 4 'German War: Persia'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns events that happened in Persia and in the Eastern territories of the Ottoman Empire (Iraq), during the First World War. The main focus is the Turkish action in Persia, and the British intrigues to maintain control over Persia, preventing the country from entering the war and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Jan 1915-13 May 1915
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/10/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/613
Title:
File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1917-18. Topics discussed include: A statement (ff 96-97) of South Persia Rifles policy for Southern Persia by the Inspector General...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 volume (335 folios)