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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944

131. IOR/L/PS/12/3488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3488
Title:
Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to the Persian Government’s decision in 1935 to change the name of the country from Persia to Iran, and of the changes throughout the 1930s to the names of numerous provinces, towns and cities across the country. The papers include: translated copies of memoran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
12 Feb 1931-22 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

132. IOR/L/PS/12/3495

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3495
Title:
Coll 28/89 ‘Persia. Reports regarding the education, etc., of the Crown Prince and proceedings of the Royal Family.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran, press cuttings, and copies of Persian Government announcements (in French) relating to the movements and activities of members of the Persian royal family, and in particular, the Crown Prince, Muḥammad Reza Pahlavi. The file covers: the Crown ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1931-18 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

133. IOR/L/PS/12/3497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3497
Title:
Coll 28/91 ‘Persia. Iran-Baluchistan Frontier; Violation of the frontier by British levies and Iranians’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, papers and maps relating to territorial infringements by British and Persian subjects (levies, troops, customs officials) across the border dividing Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan). Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between the British Legat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1930-19 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (272 folios)

134. IOR/L/PS/12/3500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3500
Title:
Coll 28/94 ‘Iran. Difficulties experienced by British subjects in Iran in remitting money abroad.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the difficulties encountered by British (predominantly British-Indian) subjects in Iran, in remitting money abroad after the introduction of the Iranian Government’s Foreign Exchange Control Law on 1 March 1936. The correspondence is chiefly exchanged between: official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1936-5 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

135. IOR/L/PS/12/3502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3502
Title:
Coll 28/96 ‘Persia. Judicial. Persian law regarding smuggling. Position of foreigners.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the compatibility of legal safeguards in relation to the expiration of the Tariff Autonomy Treaty, agreed between the British and Persian Governments on 10 May 1928, and a new law passed by the Government of Iran in 1936 that authorised the use of the death penalty agai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-17 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

136. IOR/L/PS/12/3509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3509
Title:
Coll 28/98 ‘Persia. Grant of asylum to political refugees.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence stemming from an enquiry made on 2 August 1935 by the Acting Consul at Kermanshah, Charles Alexander Gault, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesson, as to whether traders and ulema in the town could take bast (asylum) ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1935-18 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

137. IOR/L/PS/12/3520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3520
Title:
Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the drafting and ratification of a treaty of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union, introduced in the wake of the two nations’ invasion and occupation of Persia [Iran] in August 1941. The treaty set out to establish friendly relations between the three nations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1941-13 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (219 folios)

138. IOR/L/PS/12/3521

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3521
Title:
Coll 28/110 ‘Persia. Economic & Financial Assistance by H.M.G.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the provision of financial assistance to Persia [Iran] following Britain’s occupation of parts of the country after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of August 1941. The correspondence discusses: ways in which financial assistance could be given to Persia; trade between Britain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1941-6 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

139. IOR/L/PS/12/3526

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3526
Title:
Coll 28/113 ‘Persia. Persian – U.S. Relations. Appointment of United States officials as advisers to the Persian Govt.’
Scope & Content:
Secret correspondence concerning the appointment of a financial adviser, military and police advisers, and relief workers from the USA to Persia [Iran]. Correspondence over the matter was prompted by what the British and United States Governments perceived as economic and political disarray in I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1942-16 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (87 folios)

140. IOR/L/PS/12/3527

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3527
Title:
Coll 28/114 ‘Persia. Financial affairs:- financial relations with H.M.G. and U.S. Govt.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the financial crisis in Persia [Iran] during the Second World War, and the efforts made by the Governments of Britain and the United States of America to ameliorate the crisis, partly to help maintain military operations in the South-East Asian theatre ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1942-4 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (232 folios)