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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/17/15/8, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/8, f 4
Title:
‘Map showing possible Lines of Advance from the North, on Kain and Sistan.’
Scope & Content:
Map showing the possible lines of advance on the towns of Kain [Qā’en] and Sīstān in Persia [Iran], as surveyed by A Ashgar Ali of the Survey of India, and signed by Major Percy Molesworth Sykes, British Consul at Kerman. The map indicates: routes; terrain; mountain passes and gorges; the town o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/1
Title:
Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat
Scope & Content:
The first edition of Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by General Staff, India, comprises a biographical dictionary of individuals connected with those regions in 1923. It also includes two genealogical trees outlining the pedigree of the Chiefs of Tun a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/11/2
Title:
Corrections and Additions to Who's Who in Persia, Vol. I
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of corrections and additions to the biographical dictionary of individuals given in Who's Who in Persia (Volume I) Khorasan, Sistan & the Kainat, compiled by the General Staff, India, from 1923. Published by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/209
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. The reports of the Military Attaché in Meshed are divided into the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
11 Dec 1911-27 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (448 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/210
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 2 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly Meshed [Mashhad] Intelligence Summary, the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. These reports conta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1914-17 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 volume (603 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/211
Title:
File 52/1912 Pt 3 'Persia Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of the weekly Meshed [Mashhad] Intelligence Summary; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain. These reports contain details related to regional political and military developments inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1917-10 May 1919
Extent:
1 volume (562 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/612

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/612
Title:
File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17. Topics discussed include: the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an atta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (398 folios)