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31. IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 357-364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/118, ff 357-364
Title:
Political No. 118 of 1874, Forwarding Papers Regarding the Deputation of a Persian Agent to Herat
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 30 June 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 24 July 1874, forwarding, for information, papers regarding the deputation of a Per...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1874-24 Jul 1874
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/9/69/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/185
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 20 Apr 1824
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 20 April 1824. The letter concerns internal affairs in Persia, in particular: The ascendancy of Abdulla Khan Ameen ed Dowleh [‘Abdu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1824
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/9/76/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/41
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
Scope & Content:
A copy of a report in French from Caboul [Kabul] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from merchants of Constantinople [Istanbul] in Bagdad trading with Caboul and Candahar [Kandahar] on 20 October 1798. The report states that Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghani...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
20 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/9/76/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/64
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 April 1799. Jones reports that he has sent a messenger to Syria to obtain information on the French campaign led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The letter a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/9/76/68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/68
Title:
Letter between two Persian Merchants
Scope & Content:
A translated extract of a letter from a Persian [Iranian] merchant in Yezd [Yazd] to Aga Baba [Ḥajī Muḥammad ‘Alī Iṣfahānī], a Persian merchant in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated c 10 March 1799. The letter states that, after gathering a large force in Persia, Shah Zadeh Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrānī] att...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 10 Mar 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/12/3414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3414
Title:
Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’
Scope & Content:
Printed and typewritten fortnightly intelligence reports, submitted by staff at the British Consulate at Meshed [Mashhad]. Reports dated up to June 1931 were submitted by the British Military Attaché at Meshed (Major Leo Steveni). Reports after June 1931 were submitted by the Secretary to the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1931-12 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

37. 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)

38. 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)

39. IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1
Title:
Persia, Herat, and Seistan
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns the state of diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia; it is the view of a number of British officials that the time is ripe to secure a privileged position for Britain at the expense of Russia. To this end it therefore discusses the pros and cons of ceding Herat, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1880
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

40. 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)