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1. IOR/L/PS/10/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/199
Title:
File 42/1912 ‘TRANS-PERSIAN RAILWAY’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains notes by India Office officials, as well as their correspondence with Foreign Office officials and others, about the formation in Paris in 1912 of La Société Internationale d’Etudes du Chemin de fer Transpersan, which is also referred to as the Société d’Etudes for the Trans-P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 May 1911-4 Oct 1912
Extent:

1 volume (326 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3409
Title:
Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’
Scope & Content:
Reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings from the British press, relating to construction work on the Trans-Persian Railway, intended to run from Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman] in the north of the country, to Bandar Shapur [Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jun 1931-18 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3454

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3454
Title:
Coll 28/49 ‘Persia. Income Tax Law. Income Tax on A.P.O.C.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the Persian Government’s income tax law, its implementation, and likely income tax claims that will be made on British interests in Persia [Iran], including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The file includes multiple iterations of the new tax law (most in French), which w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1929-22 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/223
Title:
File 4/36 Shaikh of Kuwait's Assets, Holdings. Royalties Paid to Sheikh
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials of the Political Agency in Kuwait, the Political Residency in Bahrain and Ottoman Bank regarding the finances of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The correspondence discusses the Shaikh's financial holdings, royalty paymen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1947-19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)