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801. IOR/L/PS/12/1201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1201
Title:
Ext 1133/47 'Foreign Office print: Persian Frontiers (with map)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a letter, reports, notes and maps regarding Persia’s frontiers. The Research Department of the Foreign Office produced a report, dated 31 January 1947, covering each frontier in turn. Two maps are included with the report. The file includes a divider which gives the subjec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
March 1945 - 31 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

802. IOR/L/PS/12/1220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1220
Title:
Ext 2617/47 'Tours of the Middle East (Mr Eden's tour)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the visit of Anthony Eden and his son to the Middle East. Related matters of discussion include the following: approval of the visit from the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; arrangements for the visit, including details of all the places...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1947-6 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

803. IOR/L/PS/12/1294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1294
Title:
Ext 164/48 'Persian Famine Relief Fund'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the disposal of funds from the Persian Famine Relief Fund based in Bushire. The papers discuss the transfer of the funds from them being under the name of the Government of India to that of a local Persian Charity, as well as the principal and historical inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1948-12 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

804. IOR/L/PS/12/1953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1953
Title:
Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junker...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jul 1924-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

805. IOR/L/PS/12/1954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1954
Title:
Coll 5/9 ‘Air Route to India, Persia: Abandonment of South Persian Route — Negotiations with Persian Government’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the efforts of the British Government to negotiate a renewal of Imperial Airways' concession to operate its United Kingdom (UK) to India international service over Southern Persia; the concession being due to expire in 1932. The file also covers the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1931-7 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

806. IOR/L/PS/12/1955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1955
Title:
Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes related to a proposal to relocate the Persian Gulf Air Route (linking Europe and India) from Southern Persia to the Arabian Coast. The proposal is related to difficulties between the British and Persian governments over securing an exten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 volume (393 folios)

807. IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40
Title:
‘MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates the telegraph lines operated by the Indo-European Telegraph Department and connected systems across Persia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Baluchistan. It also includes railway lines (dashed lines) and wireless stations (triangles). A reference key is provided, but no scale is g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 map

808. IOR/L/PS/12/1999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1999
Title:
Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerned with meteorological services in Iran (also referred to as Persia). This includes the abandonment of stations operated by Cable and Wireless Limited at Henjam, Charbar [Chabahar], and Jask; the deputation of an Inspector of Observatories to visit station...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1935-7 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

809. IOR/L/PS/12/2198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2198
Title:
Coll 7/29 'Persian Gulf: gun running into Persia; reconditioning of Persian patrol craft seized by HMG in 1941 during operations; postwar rehabilitation of Persian Navy'
Scope & Content:
Extensive correspondence regarding the trafficking of arms to Persia [Iran], the resumption of arms and (to a lesser extent) slave trafficking in the Gulf of Oman, and the reconstitution of the Persian Navy following the Second World War (1939-1945). The file opens with reports of arms being sm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (307 folios)

810. IOR/L/PS/12/2209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2209
Title:
Coll 7/40 'Persia: carrying of arms by Persian authorities while escorting prisoners on British boats'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding British India Steamship Navigation Company regulations that armed Persian [Iranian] Officers should give up their weapons when transporting prisoners on vessels flying the British flag. The correspondence dated 1930 concerns the arrest of Sirdar Din Mohamed of Dashtyari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1930-24 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

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