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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/804
Title:
Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Eastern Persian Cordon
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the Eastern Persia Cordon. The papers include: the telegram from the British Consul in Sistan on road-making (18 October 1918); The number of British officers in the Sistan and Khorasan Levy Corps (29 October 1918); the possibility of recruiting Hazara men for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/807

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/807
Title:
Notes and correspondence on the situation in East Persia and the Malleson Mission
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the situation in East Persia and the Malleson Mission (1918-21). It includes papers on the following subjects: A collection of papers titled 'Expenditure on [the] Malleson Mission and Troops in East Persia', including: a memorandum from the India Office Political Department...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1918-Jan 1921
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/14
Title:
Duzdap to Meshed via Shusp, Birjand, Kain, Jumin and Turbat-i-Haidari
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a publication concerning the route between Duzdap [Zāhedān] and Meshed [Mashhad] via Shusp [Shūsef], Birjand, Kain, Jumin, and Turbat-i-Haidari [Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh]. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Simla by the Government Monotype Press, 1919. Marked ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/35
Title:
'REPORT on the Working of the Line of Communication AND ON THE Withdrawal of the British Military Mission IN EAST PERSIA, 1919-20. GENERAL STAFF INDIA.
Scope & Content:
The volume is titled Report on the Working of the Line of Communication and on the Withdrawal of the British Military Mission in East Persia, General Staff India. The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing, India, in 1921. The report is fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 482-614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 482-614
Title:
‘Affairs in the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-29 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 31 December 1842. The enclosures are dated 16 September-29 December 1842. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: Events following a mutiny a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (133 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1853, dated 31 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 February 1853. The enclosure is a letter from HM Envoy E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 302-306

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 302-306
Title:
Political No. 61 of 1874, Forwarding for Information a Copy of Papers from HM Minister at Teheran to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Regarding the Projected Journey to Meshed which the Shah of Persia at One Time Proposed to Undertake
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 27 March 1874 and received in the India Office Secret Department on 18 April 1874, forwarding for information a copy of papers from HM Minister at Tehera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1874-18 Apr 1874
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/85
Title:
File 2626/1905 ‘Persia:- Military Attaché at Meshed’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about government expenditure on the Government of India post of Military Attaché at the British Consulate General at Meshed in Persia. The main correspondents are senior officials in London at the Foreign Office, India Office, War ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1904-16 Nov 1911
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/104
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 1 'Persia: telegraphs; Seistan telegraph lines; Meshed-Seistan; Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad-Koh i Malik Siah; proposed exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the construction of telegraph lines in Persia. Issues discussed include the implications for Britain's relations with the Persian government and how influence could be achieved. Also discussed is the British strategy for negotiating with the Russians who held a sphere of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1916
Extent:
1 volume (422 folios)