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037-000539097 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Persia, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 388-402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 388-402
Title:
Anglo-PersianTelegraph Agreement
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 270 of 1869, dated 19 August 1869, containingenclosures dated 11-24 May 1869. The enclosures consist of copies, in French andEnglish, of an agreement betweenthe Government of Persia [Iran] and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Aug 1869
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 271-273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 271-273
Title:
Railways in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The letter encloses one from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 17 July 1871, describing the history of the Persian Government's interest in railway construction, and stating the need for such...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1871-24 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 117-123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 117-123
Title:
Persian Government Ban on the Export of Grain
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch concerns a prohibition by the Persian Government on the export and storage of grain and provisions, as a result of a grain shortage. The correspondence shows that British officials felt that the measur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1871-9 Nov 1871
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 582-586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 582-586
Title:
Claim for British Protection Made by Messrs Malcolm of Bushire
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 64 of 1873, dated 10 April 1873. The enclosures are dated from 24 October 1872 to 8 March 1873, consist of printed corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1873-7 May 1873
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 171-174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 171-174
Title:
Concession for the Construction of Railways and Other Public Works in Persia Obtained by Baron de Reuter
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 10 of 1873, dated 17 January 1873. The papers concern the concession obtained by Baron Peter Julius de Reuter for the constructi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112
Title:
Protection of Christians in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian. British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1871-9 Nov 1871
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 226-229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 226-229
Title:
Affairs in Persia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 20 of 1873, dated 24 March 1873. The enclosures are dated from 13 August to 26 October 1872, consist of printed letters, and co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 164-167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 164-167
Title:
Compensation Claim Made by the Persian Merchant Hajee Moosa Meymenee
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 8 of 1873, dated 17 January 1873. The enclosures are dated from 3 November to 20 December 1872 and concern a claim for compensat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 159-163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 159-163
Title:
Memorial submitted by British merchants trading in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 7 of 1873, dated 10 January 1873. The enclosures are dated from 26 March to 6 August 1872 and concern a memorial submitted by B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277
Title:
Persian Government Restriction on the Storing of Grain and Provisions Imported by Foreign Merchants
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The papers cover: British concerns that the restriction amounted to a ban on imports at a time when Persia was being depopulated by famine; report by William John Dickson, Oriental Secretary at the British Legation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1871-24 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)