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1. IOR/L/PS/18/C76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C76
Title:
'The Persian Mission Charges'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns proposals for a more equitable distribution of the costs of the Persian Mission between the Imperial (i.e. British) and Indian Governments. It includes tables detailing the proposed breakdown of costs for each government. The author is Edmund Neel of the India Office, Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1890
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C124
Title:
'Note on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods: 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry; 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1911
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C207
Title:
Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of eight entries on various telegraph lines running through Persia. Each entry outlines who is responsible for it (if anyone), and provides a brief overview of its development and its current status. The lines included are as follows: the Mekran [Makran] line; the Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C128
Title:
'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1913
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/C167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C167
Title:
Kerman Mining Concession
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report, written by the India Office's Political Department, on the subject of a mining concession in an area of the Kerman province, which is being sought by the Persian Railways Syndicate. The report provides details of the precise location of the area, and the mining ri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1913
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/C173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C173
Title:
The Persian Situation
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report which discusses ways in which Britain might protect its interests in Persia. The report, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary to the Political Department, India Office, begins by stressing the importance of Britain taking an active interest in affairs in Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C30
Title:
Notes on the Persian Army
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the size and composition of the Persian Army; this includes a list of the regiments currently in service. It also outlines the remuneration provided to both officers — of various ranks — and private soldiers. In addition, the armaments in use by both the infantry and the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1880
Extent:
3 folios

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C48
Title:
Notes on tribes and boundaries.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by J R Fitzgerald, First Assistant to the Agent to the Governor-General for Beluchistan, in which the author provides a number of instances of tribes divided by territorial boundaries, and casts doubt on the notion that members of those tribes cannot be said ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1885
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C218
Title:
PERSIA.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum written in the India Office Political Department, in which the author provides a summary of British and Indian interests in Persia, of the functions handed over to Persian authorities since the accession of Reza Shah, and of the principal British desiderata in o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1935
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C149
Title:
'Persian Expenditure: the "half and half" arrangement'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief outline of the development of the 'half and half arrangement'; the principle by which British expenditure in Persia was divided between the British (UK) and British Indian Exchequers. It notes situations where the question of this division has emerged between 1901...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)