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1. IOR/L/MIL/7/725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/725
Title:
Collection 5/75: ‘Terms of Employment of Officers lent for service under other Governments. Conditions of service of British officers lent to the Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence from officials of the India Office and War Office, British diplomatic officials in Persia [Iran], and officials of the Government of Persia. The correspondence concerns the employment of British officers by the Persian Government, including pay, pensions, and te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
25 Nov 1920-17 Jul 1922
Extent:
1 file (177 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/7/16903

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/7/16903
Title:
Collection 403/83 ‘Frontier and overseas operations. Kurd levies in N. E. Persia.’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to military assistance for the Malleson Mission (also referred to as the Meshed [Mashhad] Mission), and in particular the raising of Hazara and Kurdish levies for service in north-east Persia [Iran]. The main correspondents are the Government of India,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1918-8 Nov 1920
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 3-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 3-13
Title:
Military Recruitment in Bombay
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1847, dated 15 March 1847. The enclosures are dated 23 February to 13 March 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the recruitment of three new regiments of Native Infantry under th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1847
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 537-553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 537-553
Title:
Reductions to Three Regiments of Native Infantry
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 51 of 1847, dated 20 May 1847. The enclosures are dated 12 April to 19 May 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the following: the imposition of reductions to the size and rank of thre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1847
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/665
Title:
‘File 28/1 L II British personnel recruited as refinery guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, discipline, and resignation of members of the Bahrain Special Defence Police, who were charged with the security and defence of the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (BAPCO) refinery and oil fields. The principal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1942-7 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/66 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XXXVIII/9: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs’ consists of one file, XXXVIII/9. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The correspondence includes copies of proclamations issued by the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
1913-1935
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/267
Title:
File 8/76 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT INFANTRY ON DEPUTATION ETC: FROM THE INDIAN ARMY.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns VCOs (Viceroy's Commissioned Officers) from the Indian Army who have been selected for deputation with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Regiment and the Muscat Levy Corps). The correspondence discusses the status of named VCOs, including details of their ter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1944-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (236 folios)