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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/73A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
Title:
Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics: Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collected Stern wheel steamers Subscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics Stores and fittin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1866
Extent:
1 volume (395 folios)

2. IOR/L/MAR/C/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570
Title:
Steam Navigation to Internal and External Communications of India, Volume 8
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to the journals and diaries of explorations in the area of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters in the context of improving navigation and communications between England and India. A list of contents is given on folio 10: 'Captain Mark Wood's Narrativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1832
Extent:
1 volume (587 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/5/780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/780
Title:
Port of Basra
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding congestion at the port of Basra during the First World War, and suggestions for increasing capacity and improving efficiency. The primary correspondents are: the Commander-in-Chief, India; the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia; and the War Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1917-12 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (91 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3285
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 39. (From 1st to 15th October 1917.)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 October 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1917-15 Oct 1917
Extent:

1 volume (306 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/40
Title:
Persia Intelligence Report. May, 1946
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a copy of Persia Intelligence Report Part V produced by Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, May 1946. It is divided into three sections covering: the Persian Coast – providing figures of coastal distances, and a coast report consisting of a general description of the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946
Extent:

1 file (38 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 459-466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 459-466
Title:
‘Conduct of the garrison of Shurkia in preventing the Honble Company's Schooner "Emily" from entering the harbour of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 November-21 December 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to an incident in which the East India Company schooner Emily ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 65-103
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1847, dated 13 November 1847. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 September 1847. The enclosure consists of a letter fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/476, ff 553-647
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Herat
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1853, dated 31 March 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 February 1853. The enclosure is a letter from HM Envoy E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 item (95 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/69
Title:
File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
Scope & Content:
The main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency, primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, India Office and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/316
Title:
File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire. The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)