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11. IOR/L/PS/9/76/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/228
Title:
Letter from James Short to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, dated 13 May 1802. The letter concerns a suspected plague outbreak in Bagdad. Short describes several recent cases he has treated matching the symptoms of plague.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1802
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/83/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/83/3
Title:
File 1508/1905 Pt 5 Bahrain: cholera and plague
Scope & Content:
Part five contains correspondence relating to plague and cholera outbreaks in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence, mostly telegrams, is between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident at Bushire, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and the Foreign Department of the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1911-Jan 1912
Extent:
1 item (38 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/10/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/100
Title:
File 2818/1906 'Persia: Seistan disturbances and consular guard'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence which discusses a serious disturbance in Seistan in which a crowd attacked the British Consul over measures taken to limit the outbreak of plague. The dispatch of Indian Army troops to the town is discussed in the context of a consideration of the efficacy of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1909
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/10/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/184
Title:
File 3004/1910 'Tehran Sanitary Council'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/10/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/283
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 1 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse). It chiefly comprises copies of the proceedings (in French) of the 99th through to the 127th meetings of the Council, forwarded by the British Ambassad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1912-29 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/10/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/284
Title:
File 2612/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia. Tehran Sanitary Council’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains part 2 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse), and is a direct chronological continuation of File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ (IOR/L/PS/10/283). It chiefly comprises copies of the proc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1914-16 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/10/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/621
Title:
File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (1)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed reports, typed letters and other miscellaneous correspondence by British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq, also used in this volume] in the period from September 1919 to July 1920. It covers such topics as political developments in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1919-9 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (493 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/20/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/33
Title:
‘REPORT ON THE MISSION TO SEISTAN, 1897’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a report by Surgeon-Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh on his mission to Seistan [Sīstān] on ‘plague duty’ to investigate the closure of the Perso-Afghan-Baluch trade routes under the ‘mantle of plague’ from April to October 1897. The report is divided into five sectio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:

1 volume (63 folios)

19. IOR/P/437/71, f 440

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/437/71, f 440
Title:
Sketch map of area affected by plague in Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
This map is part of IOR/P/437/71. It portrays the site of an outbreak of plague in central Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], focused on several settlements south-east of Kerbela [Karbala]. The route that Doctor William Henry Colvill took through the area while investigating the outbreak is shown ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 map sheet

20. IOR/R/15/1/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/53
Title:
Vol 67, 68: Native Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This file consists mostly of translations of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, Major David Wilson, from a number of East India Company native agents. The letters concern developments on both sides of the Gulf. The most prominent correspondents are the following: Gool...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1829-23 Apr 1830
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)