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31. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 65-73a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 65-73a
Title:
Political No. 8 of 1874, Forwarding Copies of Two Further Letters from the Political Agent, Zanzibar, Relating to his Visit to Mombassa, Melindi, and Lamo, and Reporting the Action Taken by the Government of India Thereon
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 9 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 2 February 1874, forwarding copies of two further letters from the Political Agent, Zanz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1874-2 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 383-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 383-387
Title:
General No. 5 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Report of a Tour Recently Made by the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia to Busreh, Mahomrah, and the Head-Quarters of Nasir Pasha at Hamar, on the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 16 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a report of a tour recently made by the Political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1874-16 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 269-280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 269-280
Title:
Messopotamia, Ruins of Babylon: Memoir and plans of the - By Commander Selby, Indian Navy.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 65 of 4 July 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1859-4 Jul 1859
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 46-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 46-73
Title:
Persian Gulf, Babylon: Maps, sketches etc. description of the Ruins of -.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch Volume 21 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1858-23 May 1859
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 74-108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/693, ff 74-108
Title:
Persian Gulf, Babylon: Maps, sketches etc. descriptive of the ruins of -.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 50 of 23 May 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1858-13 May 1861
Extent:
1 item (35 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/9/68/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/127
Title:
Copy of Instructions from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to his Private Secretary, Sir William Ouseley, on the Occasion of his Mission to Mazenderan
Scope & Content:
Copy of instructions, dated 15 February 1812, from HM Ambassador Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tehran, to his Private Secretary, Sir William Ouseley, for his mission to Mazenderan [Mazandaran]. The instructions include to survey the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea for a s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1812
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/9/70/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/72
Title:
Copy of a Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, in Fort William, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, in Fort William, to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 6 May 1825. In the letter, Swinton indicates the approval of the Governor-General of India, Lord Amherst, for Willock’s recom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1825
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/10/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/38
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Henjam affairs. Status of Henjam (Persian sovereignty). Persian Customs post. Henjam Telegraph Station dispute’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, papers and maps relating to the British Government’s telegraph station and the Persian Government’s customs house on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], questions of Persian sovereignty over the island, and the status of the island’s Arab inhabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1906
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/10/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/39
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises notes, memoranda, copies of correspondence and other papers, relating to an agreement reached between the British and Persian Governments for the construction of a telegraph cable line between the telegraph station at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1909
Extent:

1 volume (235 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/10/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/892
Title:
File 2984/1920 'PERSIA: TRADE WITH EAST PERSIA [REPORTS & NOTES BY MAJOR TEMPLE]'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to Britain’s trade with east Persia [Iran], chiefly comprising reports by Major B Temple, British Vice-Consul, Meshed [Mashhad]. Major Temple’s reports cover various aspects of trade including development possibilities, trade routes, foreign competition (not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1920-22 Sep 1921
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)