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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3265

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3265
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 28. PART II. (From 16th to 30th November 1916).’
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 16 and 30 November 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1916-30 Nov 1916
Extent:

1 volume (120 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126
Title:
Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol. 45
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the following: the British diplomatic and military personnel serving in Persia; the East India Company scheme for reopening the Indus River to navigation; and political and military developments in the Sikh Empire of the Punjab, the Talpur Amirates of Hyderaba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1836-27 Apr 1837
Extent:
1 volume (209 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 118-183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 118-183
Title:
Persia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 61 of 1850, dated 2 November 1850. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 September 1850. The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1850
Extent:
1 item (66 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/68/121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/121
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Charles Christie to Secretary to HM Embassy in Persia, James Morier
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Charles Christie to the Secretary to HM Embassy to Persia [Iran], James Morier. The letter reports the return to Tahiran [Tehran] of the Indian Detachment attached to the British mission charged with training a Persian corps of horse artillery for the Crown Princ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811?
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/585

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/585
Title:
File 618/1916 'Persia: Swedish gendarmerie affairs'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the presence and operations of Swedish officers for the purposes of training the Persian Gendarmerie during the First World War. The majority of the papers is comprised of correspondence between the Foreign Office in London, the Government of India, and vari...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1917
Extent:
1 file (224 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/690
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 1 'PERSIA: SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES STATUS &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the South Persia Rifles, including its organisation, costs, control, role and status. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department, Finance Department, and Army Department; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1917-4 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (402 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/874
Title:
File 7512/1919 ‘MESOPOTAMIA – LEVIES’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of papers relating to the Arab and Kurdish Levies in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers include correspondence from the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia at Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in this volume), Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, to the India Office, mostl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1919-14 Feb 1921
Extent:

1 volume (181 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C6
Title:
'PERSIA. PRECIS OF CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE QUESTION OF EMPLOYING BRITISH OFFICERS IN DRILLING, ETC., THE SHAH'S ARMY; AND ALSO THE PROPOSAL TO SUPPLY HIS MAJESTY WITH SHIPS, TO BE COMMANDED BY BRITISH OFFICERS.'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a printed précis of correspondence taken from India Office records, issued by the India Office. The précis relates to the following two subjects: question of employing British officers in drilling, etc. the Shah's Army in Persia, consisting of extracts from printed works and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1874
Extent:

1 file (15 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C7
Title:
Memorandum relative to the Appointment of British Officers to organize the Persian Army.
Scope & Content:
Printed Confidential memorandum, headed 'Printed for the use of the Foreign Office', and signed by Alfred S Green, Foreign Office. The memorandum charts the history of the issue of the appointment of British officers to organise the Persian Army from the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 to the year 187...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1874
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/230
Title:
File 8/51 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID TARIQ & SAIYID FAHR BIN TAIMUR.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to family members of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Sa‘īd]. It contains correspondence regarding the Sultan's younger half-brothers, Saiyid Tarik bin Taimur [Tāriq bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Saiyid Fahr bin Taimur [Fahr bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
30 May 1936-16 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (267 folios)