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1. IOR/L/PS/12/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/575
Title:
Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1941-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/768
Title:
Ext 6064/42 Pro-Axis plot in Persia; discovery of Mayer documents, etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, telegrams, and reports from the Government of India External Department; the Commander in Chief in the Middle East; the War Office; the Foreign Office; the British Embassy in Tehran; and the Minister of State in Cairo, regarding a German-Persian plot for a coup ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1942-21 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3474
Title:
Coll 28/69 ‘Irrigation Projects in Sth Persia. Reports by Major W. R. Morton R.E. inc. Suggestion of Sir L. Howarth’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to proposals for irrigation schemes in Persia [Iran], and specifically for the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] in the southwest of the country. The contents of the volume can be divided into two parts, as follows: Correspondence dated 1933-34 (ff 141-240) concerning a request made by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1933-23 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4486
Title:
Coll 44/6(S) 'War. Defence, Protective and other measures. Iraq:- Military co-operation between U.K. and Iraq in time of war.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the military co-operation between Britain and Iraq during the Second World War including:A query (ff 207-208) from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs as to the extent of aid that they could expect from Britain in event of the outbreak of war with ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 March 1938-10 Dec 1942
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4492

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4492
Title:
Coll 44/16 ‘Persian Gulf. Introduction of an export licensing system. Regulation made under Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939).’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to the introduction of an export licensing system for Arab countries in the Persian Gulf during the Second World War. The papers notably cover the following: The Bahrain (also written in the file as Bahrein) Petroleum Compa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1941-29 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4493

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4493
Title:
Coll 44/17 'War. Detention of enemy civil aircraft'
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the procedure for the detention of enemy aircraft in the Arab Gulf States in the event of the declaration of war. Correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Secretary of State for India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1939-4 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4498

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4498
Title:
Coll 44/20 ‘WAR. Persian Gulf. Offers of Assistance to H.M.G. from Arab States and Trucial Sheikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The papers relate to the funding, the naming ceremonies and public relations of the aircraft of the Royal Air Force No. 126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron, which came to a total of ten Spitfire aeroplanes. The aircraft were paid for by the Persian Gulf fighter fund (see f 356), a fund set up by the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1939-3 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (462 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4506
Title:
Coll 44/27 'Persia: Attitude towards European Situation, 1939'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on Persian [Iranian] attitudes towards the war in Europe [Second World War] from 8 July 1939 to 20 February 1942. The correspondence is primarily comprised of exchanges between HM Minister in Tehran and the Foreign Office, and includes material relating to the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1939-20 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/4583A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4583A
Title:
Coll 45/3 (1) 'Propaganda: Persian Gulf: Appointment of a Publicity Officer to the Gulf: Allowances, Pay, Budget, etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on various aspects of the British Government's 'publicity' or propaganda policies in the Persian Gulf region from 8 May 1939 to 3 December 1948. The primary correspondents are as follows: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1939-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (565 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/4584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4584
Title:
Coll 45/3 (2) PROPAGANDA: PERSIAN GULF: Work of Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf (Public Relations Officer): Propaganda Material
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on the role of the Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf, specifically about material characterised as propaganda, from 13 June 1939 to 31 March 1948. The correspondence is primarily between the Secretary of State for India, Public Relations Officer in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1939-31 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (250 folios)