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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B357
Title:
Liabilities of Persia.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed document entitled 'Liabilities of Persia', which contains a transcription of a letter from the India Office to the Foreign Office. The letter is from John Evelyn Shuckburgh, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office in response to proposals made...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1920
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1097
Title:
File 4282/1923 ‘Persia: Annual Reports’
Scope & Content:
Annual administration reports regarding Persia [Iran]. The reports provide a summary record of the main events and developments in Persia during the financial years of 1910 (ff 324-346), 1922 (ff 290-322), 1923 (ff 253-287), 1926 (ff 214-245), 1927 (ff 178-213), 1928 (ff 136-177), 1929 (ff 98-132...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Feb 1911-5 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (350 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C124
Title:
'Note on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods: 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry; 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1911
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C207
Title:
Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of eight entries on various telegraph lines running through Persia. Each entry outlines who is responsible for it (if anyone), and provides a brief overview of its development and its current status. The lines included are as follows: the Mekran [Makran] line; the Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C206
Title:
‘PERSONALITIES IN PERSIA, 1930.’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled ‘PERSONALITIES IN PERSIA, 1930.’ It is a British intelligence report, compiled around 1930 by General Staff, India on prominent individuals in Persia [Iran] at that time. The report was printed in Simla [Shimla] and is marked ‘SIMLA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS 1930’. A note ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/C128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C128
Title:
'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1913
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B7/2
Title:
Further correspondence respecting consular jurisdiction in Persia, 1874-76
Scope & Content:
This confidential file contains correspondence printed for the use of the Foreign Office in May 1876. The letters are sent and received between 28 November 1874 and 6 May 1876 by representatives of the Foreign Office and India Office who, asked to prepare a draft of an Order in Council on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1876
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C173
Title:
The Persian Situation
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report which discusses ways in which Britain might protect its interests in Persia. The report, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary to the Political Department, India Office, begins by stressing the importance of Britain taking an active interest in affairs in Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/C259

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259
Title:
‘B.R. 525 (RESTRICTED) PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
An official publication entitled Persia from the Geographical Handbook Series produced by the Naval Intelligence Division (NID) of the Admiralty. This volume was prepared by the Oxford sub-division of the NID under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:

1 volume (428 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C101/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C101/6
Title:
CORRECTIONS TO ROUTES IN PERSIA. VOLUME II.
Scope & Content:
Corrections to Volume II (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C101/5) of a series of official publications on routes in Persia [Iran] produced by the General Staff, India. The corrections concern routes numbered 81 and 82. The corrected routes are described, divided into stages, with information includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1919
Extent:
1 volume (13 folios)