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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Administrative reform

1. IOR/F/4/1539/61165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1539/61165
Title:
‘Proceedings regarding the proposed arrangement of substituting for the Resident in the Persian Gulf an Assistant under the Envoy at Tehraun – Channel of his correspondence – Reduction in the Residency Establishment and appointment of Major Morison to the Office of Resident.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to proposals by the Court of Di...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1820-25 Nov 1835
Extent:

1 item (159 folios)

2. IOR/H/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/734
Title:
Papers of Sir John Malcolm relating to his term as Governor of Bombay, 1827-1830
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of letters from Malcolm during the period when he was Governor of Bombay (his appointment was from 1 November 1827–1 December 1830). Malcolm arrived in Bombay around 26 December 1827. Much of his time was spent outside Bombay, touring the territories under his jurisdi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1827-4 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 volume (492 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/75
Title:
PZ 3941/33 'Reforms: position of Aden, British Baluchistan, NWFP [North-West Frontier Province] and Department of External Affairs'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding proposed reforms to the administration of India, particularly in relation to Aden, British Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province and the Department of External Affairs. The file includes a draft of a White Paper detailing the proposed reforms (ff 12-32),...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1933-24 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/339
Title:
PZ 1070/40(2) ‘Transmission of F.O. secret packets to & from Consulates etc. abroad’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the regular dispatch overseas of Foreign Office secret and confidential documents in sealed packets, by arrangement with the India Office in London. These are sent by sea mail to India, for onward transmission to Consular and Political Officers in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1941-1 Jan 1946
Extent:

1 file (415 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/556
Title:
Ext 5000/41(6) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on a wide variety of miscellaneous topics which are ordered in the volume by chronology. Topics include: reopening of the railways oil stocks shortage of oil security of the oil-producing areas appointments to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1942-12 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 volume (460 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3539
Title:
Coll 28/126 ‘Persia. Judicial.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a note dated 24 April 1944 from the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The note encloses ten lists detailing the administrative reorganisation of Persia [Iran] according to information supplied by the Iranian Min...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1944-13 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B339
Title:
Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C64a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C64a
Title:
Memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia
Scope & Content:
This memorandum was created on the 27 September 1895 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran, and printed for the use of the Foreign Office in December 1895. It outlines the current situation in Persia [Iran] and the steps which should be taken to improve the position of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1895
Extent:

21 folios

9. IOR/R/15/2/1963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1963
Title:
File K/6 Wakils and Agents in the Agency Courts
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed paperwork and correspondence pertaining to the appointment of wakils or representatives/court clerks at the joint courts and Agency Court. The file also contains documentation on the initiation of court proceedings by plaintiffs, usually foreign subjects, against vario...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1927-10 Aug 1950
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)