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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Commander-in-Chief, India, 1748-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744
Title:
‘Negotiations with the Ex-King of Cabool and the Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-102 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 13 August 1838. The enclosures are dated 16 May-11 August 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a plan to overthrow Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] as Emi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1838
Extent:
1 item (396 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/139
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 58
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (839 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/146
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 65
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements, and other papers relating to diplomatic, military, and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 by the so-called Army ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1840-Feb 1840
Extent:
1 volume (986 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 275-352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 275-352
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 106 of 1846, dated 15 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 17 August-15 September 1846. The papers chiefly cover the military and logistical response to a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1846
Extent:
1 item (78 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/806
Title:
Ext 1463/43 'Chinese mission to the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence between the Military Attaché in China and the Commander-in-Chiefs in India and the Middle East as of March 1943. The mission starts from Chungking via Calcutta to Cairo. The mission was comprised of Major-General Hoo Hsien Chung, Major-General Lam Wai Ching, Col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1943-15 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2899
Title:
Coll 17/37 ‘Iraq. Operations in – 1941. Political control and use of services of Mr Bertram Thomas.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to British operations in Iraq in 1941. It includes papers concerning the need for suitable political and administrative officers to serve under the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the question of the employment of Bertram Thomas for political or intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1941-5 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/A169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/A169
Title:
'Anglo-Russian Relations'
Scope & Content:
This file begins with draft instructions, under the heading 'Anglo-Russian Relations', apparently written by John Morley, Secretary of State for India, for Sir Arthur Nicolson, British Ambassador at St Petersburg, in advance of negotiations over an Anglo-Russian agreement. The instructions are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1906-12 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)