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1. Add MS 45158 A

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Add MS 45158 A
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The first of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 9 February to 18 April 1911, covering Bell’s depart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1911-18 Apr 1911
Extent:
1 volume (33 folios)

2. Add MS 45158 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45158 B
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The second of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 19 April to 23 May 1911, covering the journey from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
19 Apr 1911-23 May 1911
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3400
Title:
Coll 28/6 ‘Persia; Diaries: Khuzistan (Ahwaz) Diaries Jany 1931 – 1937.’
Scope & Content:
Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul for Khuzistan [Khūzestān] (Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny; Arnold Edwards Watkinson; Alfred John Gardener) to the India Office. The reports, which evolve over time from one-page summaries to comprehensive document...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1931-11 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 volume (770 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3406
Title:
Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’
Scope & Content:
Confidential political diaries submitted on a fortnightly basis throughout 1931, on a monthly basis from May 1932, returning to a fortnightly basis in September 1939, by the British Consul General at Khorassan [Khorāsān] (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Major Clive Kirkpatrick ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1931-13 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (649 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3413
Title:
Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’
Scope & Content:
Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul, or Acting/Officiating Consul at Kerman (George Alexander Richardson; Abdul Alim L K; Major Cecil Henning Lincoln; Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer). The reports cover affairs in the Persian [Iranian] province of Ke...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1931-31 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3426
Title:
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/122
Title:
‘Notes of a journey made between Shiraz and Jashk, via Fassa, Darab, Bandar Abbas, and Minab.’
Scope & Content:
Confidential notes of a journey made through Persia [Iran] from Shiraz to Jashk [Jāsk], via Fassa [Fasā], Dārāb, Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Mīnāb, by John Richard Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The report was published by the Intelligence Branch, Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1884
Extent:

1 volume (26 folios)