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1. IOR/L/PS/10/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/646
Title:
File 179/1917 ‘Persia: famine relief‘
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the famine that affected Persia [Iran] during the First World War (specifically the years 1917 and 1918) and attempts made by British officials in Persia to alleviate the effects of famine. The file includes: reports from British officials of famine co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1916-14 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/589

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/589
Title:
File 860/1916 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA: SHIRAZ AND ISPAHAN CONSULATES'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the consular appointment at Shiraz, the Ispahan consulate, and the Shiraz consulate accounts. Correspondents include the Under-Secretary of State, India Office; the Under-Secretary of State, Foreign O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1928
Extent:
1 volume (557 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/197
Title:
File 6/1912 Parts 1-2 Persia
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British respon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 volume (489 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/728
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 2 'Persia - policy; Shiraz situation; Bushire operations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to policy on the political and military situation in Shiraz, and Bushire military operations in the period 1918-1920. Topics discussed in the volume include: Situation at Shiraz as recorded in the telegrams Situatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1918-15 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (297 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/353
Title:
File 747/1913 Pt 1 ‘Loans to Persia’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, minutes and other papers relating to the advance of loans to Persia. Two different loans are discussed: a loan of £100,000, made by the British Government in May 1913 to the Governor-General of Fars (half of which was to be payable by the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Apr 1903-5 Feb 1914
Extent:

1 volume (236 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/729

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/729
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation in the South; aeroplanes at Bushire; post-war garrisons in the Persian Gulf; question of withdrawal of British troops; War Minister's visit to the South, 1922'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to political and military situation in south Persia. Topics discussed in the volume include: The retention of aeroplanes at Bushire Persian Gulf – proposals for garrisons Proposals for British garrisons in the Persia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1919-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (369 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/152
Title:
File 2800/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Shiraz Situation'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two related topics. Part one (folios 80-398) contains correspondence between British officials related to the worsening security situation in Shiraz (including an attack on the British Vice-Consul in Shiraz, Walter Smart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1913
Extent:
1 file (400 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/404
Title:
File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the Bushire-Shir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1913-23 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 volume (162 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/163
Title:
File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the security situation in south Persia, 1909-1911. The discussion in the volume relates to the deteriorating security situation for travellers and trade in south Persia (which was held to be a British s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/582

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/582
Title:
File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the arrest at Shiraz by the Persian gendarmerie on 10 November 1915 of HM Consul at Shiraz (Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor), the Manager and other employees of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz, the Superintendent of the Shiraz section and other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Nov 1915-4 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 volume (260 folios)