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

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/1
Title:
‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’
Scope & Content:
The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in Apri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (336 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
Title:
‘Military report on Persia Volume I 1930’
Scope & Content:
Military report on the Khurasan [Khurāsān] and Seistan [Sīstān] regions of Persia [Iran], with maps and illustrations. Produced by the General Staff, India, and published in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Government of India Press, 1931. Marked for official use only. The report includes chapters on:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1931
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/8
Title:
‘Military Report on Southern Persia’
Scope & Content:
Confidential military report compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Department of the Quarter Master General of India, by Captain George Samuel Frederick Napier, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Staff Captain. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Central Printing Office, 190...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:

1 volume (73 folios)

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9
Title:
‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’
Scope & Content:
Report marked strictly confidential, prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India, by the Assistant Quarter Master General, Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Royal Engineers. The volume was published by the Government Central Branch P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885
Extent:

1 volume (231 folios)

5. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21
Title:
Report on Kurdistan
Scope & Content:
Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911. The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows: Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:

1 volume (106 folios)

6. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23
Title:
Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)
Scope & Content:
Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922. The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is div...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:

1 volume (301 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 235-245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 235-245
Title:
John Malcolm's Report on the Potential Invasion of India by Russia
Scope & Content:
The item comprises one enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 13 July 1830. The enclosure consists of a memorandum by Governor in Council, John Malcolm, entitled ‘Notes on the Invasion of India by Russia’, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1830
Extent:

1 item (11 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
Title:
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 1a-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 1a-103
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1844, dated 18 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 15 December 1843-12 January 1844. The enclosures comprise copies of despatches addressed b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1844
Extent:
1 item (104 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 372-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/428, ff 372-436
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1844, dated 25 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 20 February 1844. The enclosures chiefly comprise despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1844
Extent:
1 item (65 folios)