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4811. IOR/L/PS/9/71/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/229
Title:
‘Translation of a Despatch from His Excellency Meerza Abul Hussan Khan to the British Envoy’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a despatch from Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Meerza Abul Hussan Khan reports the arrival of three crores of tomans, which is part o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4812. IOR/L/PS/9/71/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/246
Title:
‘Translation of a letter from Houssein Khan Sirdar of Erivan to Colonel Macdonald Envoy’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from the Sirdar of Erivan, Houssein Khan Sirdar [Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār, Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Houssein Khan Sirdar reports that an instalment of three crores of tomans, i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1828-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4813. IOR/L/PS/9/71/255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/255
Title:
‘Translation of a letter addressed by Lt. Colonel J Macdonald Envoy to HRH. Abbas Meerza’
Scope & Content:
Translation of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], of 18 March 1828. The letter concerns the agreement between Macdonald Kinneir and Abbas Mee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1828
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4814. IOR/L/PS/9/76/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/204
Title:
Proclamations by the Shah of Persia and Letter from Meerza Bozurg to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains translations of three Farsi documents: 1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Sep-Oct 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4815. IOR/L/PS/10/447/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/447/2
Title:
File 959/1914 Pt 2 'Abyssinia: Order in Council. Recovery of maintenance charges of prisoners convicted in Abyssinia and confined in Aden District Prison.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers, mainly correspondence, largely relating to the recovery by the Government of India of the cost of maintaining in Aden District Prison prisoners convicted by British authorities in Abyssinia. The correspondence is mostly between the following: The Foreign Office and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1926-14 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 item (30 folios)

4816. IOR/L/PS/10/572/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/572/1
Title:
File 3104/1915 Pt 9 ‘Mesopotamia: Trade with- Payments from enemy assets in England to firms in Mesopotamia; payment of dividends of British companies, legacies, &c to residents in Mesopotamia; Messrs. Selim Homsy’s claims against clients in Mosul district; Messrs. Andrew Weir & Co’s claim against Idara Nahrieh’
Scope & Content:
Part 9 comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the lifting of restrictions on trade between Baghdad and Mesopotamia [Iraq], under the Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation of 1915: the issue of certificates by the Board of Trade declaring that the wilayats [vilay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1918-9 Dec 1920
Extent:

1 item (166 folios)

4817. IOR/L/PS/10/1125/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 2 ‘Arabia:- situation 1924. H.M.Govt’s policy of complete neutrality regarding the future of the Holy Cities. Question of the recruitment of troops in the Aden Protectorate on behalf of the Emir Ali.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the British Government’s policy of neutrality in response to the invasion of the Hejaz by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the rule of the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The correspondence covers: responses to the invasion ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1924-26 May 1925
Extent:

1 item (57 folios)

4818. IOR/L/PS/12/2115, f 118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2115, f 118
Title:
RECONNAISSANCE MAP: DOHA MANIFA TO MAQTA FOR PORT AND REFINERY SITES
Scope & Content:
Photostatic copy of a map of the east coast of Saudi Arabia, from Doha Manifa [Dawḩat Munīfah] in the south to El Maqta [Khawr al Maqţa‘] in the north. The map indicates hydrography and land features. Included on the map is a short handwritten note, dated 30 June 1938 and addressed to Hugh Weig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1938
Extent:
1 map

4819. IOR/L/PS/20/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C149
Title:
Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E
Scope & Content:
This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D". The details of the reports are as follows: 1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

4820. IOR/L/PS/9/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/50
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM MUSCAT WITH INDEX, 1869’, Vol 50
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Atkins Hamerton, Acting Political Agent, Muscat, dated 18 February-29 March 1869, and from Herbert Disbrowe, Political Agent, Muscat, dated 2 April-11 December 1869. The despatches contain enclosures cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1869-11 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 volume (796 folios)

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