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1. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

2. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/67/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/81
Title:
Enclosure in a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to the Secret Committee, received July 1810
Scope & Content:
A copy of the journal of a route through Makran [Makrān] to Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ‘Abbās] taken by Captain Grant of the Bengal Native Infantry between 29 January and 28 April 1809, as part of a series of route surveys on the frontiers of Persia ordered by Brigadier-General John Malcolm. The j...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1810
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/67/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/82
Title:
Enclosure in a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to the Secret Committee, received July 1810
Scope & Content:
A printed map to illustrate the route through Makran [Makrān] taken by Captain Grant of the Bengal Native Infantry between 29 January and 28 April 1809, as part of a series of route surveys on the frontiers of Persia [Iran] ordered by Brigadier-General John Malcolm. Covers a coastal area of appr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1810
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/101
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officers, reporting on the arms traffic along the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. Their correspondence contains numerous reports, such as that discussing the illicit traffic of arms. Correspondents include Sir Harold Arthur D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/102
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/113
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/115/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/3
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 8 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Seizure of French dhows "Musafa" and "Fath-el-Khair".'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to complaints made by Abraham Elbaz (agent for Antoine Goguyer, a French arms merchant at Muscat) that his dhow Fath-el-Khair was being interfered with by HM's vessels causing him to suffer substantial financial losses. The correspondence also discusses negotiations t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jan 1911-4 Aug 1911
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/115/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/4
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there. The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally land...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1911-13 Jun 1911
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C68
Title:
Memorandum by the Rev. G. P. Badger on the Pretensions of Persia in Beloochistan and Mekran, drawn up with especial reference to her Claim to Gwadur and Charbar
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum by George Percy Badger (scholar and missionary) concerning Persian claims in Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Mekran [Makran], particularly Gwadel or Gwadur [Gwādar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. It contains the following: a history of Persian encroachments in Beloochi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1863
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)