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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
Title:
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
Scope & Content:
The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in Apri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/10/2
Title:
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Volume II, Arabistan
Scope & Content:
It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Arabistan [Khūzestān], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1910. It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/16
Title:
‘Military Report on ’Arabistan (Area No. 13).’
Scope & Content:
Confidential military report on Arabistan [Khūzestān] compiled by Air Headquarters, Iraq, and printed by the Government of India Press, 1924. The report contains nine chapters (numbered I-IX) and seven appendices (A-G) as follows: chapter I – history (general, ancient, modern, political attitud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:

1 volume (179 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/106
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 3 'Persia: telegraphs; exchange of telegraphs with Russia and Anglo-Persian convention for improvement of Arabistan telegraphs'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the exchange of telegraph lines with Russia. Telegraph lines discussed are the Seistan line; Arabistan telegraphs (Mohammerah-Ahwaz); North Persian line (Tehran-Khanikin and Tehran-Shahrud). The signing and ratification of the Arabistan Telegraph convention is also dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1911
Extent:
1 volume (236 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/366/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/366/2
Title:
File 1283/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf and Arabistan: German competition'
Scope & Content:
This is part two (of two) of a larger volume IOR/L/PS/10/366; it concerns increasing German competition experienced by British firms trading in the Persian Gulf region, and contains discussion between British officials as to possible action to strengthen the latter. Specific issues predominant...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1913-1 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 item (195 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B255
Title:
'MESOPOTAMIAN ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. DRAFT REPORT OF COMMITTEE.'
Scope & Content:
The draft report of the Mesopotamian Administration Committee containing recommendations made by the committee. These recommendations include: The occupied territories of Mesopotamia being administered in the future by His Majesty's Government and not by the Government of India; The Basra Vilay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B364
Title:
‘Letter from Lt-Col Sir A.T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Simla.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a letter, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the protection of the oil fields operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Arab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C38
Title:
Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a report of Walter Baring's journey from Ispahan [Eşfahān] to Shuster [Shūshtar], Dizful [Dezfūl], Behbehan [Behbehān], and Shiraz; he was accompanied on this journey by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, and the Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Government Telegra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1882
Extent:

14 folios

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C159
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, which is attributed to the Indo-European Telegraph Department, provides details of the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to the following telegraph lines: the line from Gwadur to Jask, the Central Persia line, the Henja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C200
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum concerning the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to telegraph lines in Persia. The memorandum is divided into sections as follows: Jask royalty and claims for wilful damage (the claims in question bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)