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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968 Digitised Content No

1. IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 361-365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 361-365
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs: The Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a political despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 99 of 1872, dated 10 May 1872. The enclosures date from 25 August 1871 to 6 April 1872 and concern the capture and destruction by HMS Petere...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1872
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/41
Title:
File 1552/1904 Pt 2-3 Mohammerah
Scope & Content:
This file contains parts two and three of the subject Mohammerah 1552: Part two contains papers related to the operations of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company on the Karun River: folios 127-274. Part three contains papers related to proposed irrigation schemes in the Karun River ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1915
Extent:

3 volumes (293 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/348
Title:
File 617/1913 Publications: the Near East; purchase of copies for India
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams and correspondence regarding a Government of India proposal to purchase and distribute copies of the newspaper The Near East among Indian Muslims. The volume also contains a distribution list and a distribution plan, receipts and correspondence regarding the subscri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1912-14 Apr 1919
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410
Title:
File 3654/1913 ‘Pts 1.2.&3. PERSIA:- ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1, 2 and 3 of the subject ‘Persia – Admiralty Oil Commission’. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/1) concerns the Admiralty Oil Commission, which is also referred to as Admiral Slade’s Committee. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/410/2) concerns the Admiralty’s contract with the Anglo-Persian O...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913-1918
Extent:
1 volume (338 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/588

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/588
Title:
File 748/1916 Pt 1-2 'The Aga Khan'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of correspondence relating to Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan. Issues discussed include his award of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to maintain the peace between Turkey and the Western Powers since the Mudros Armistice (1918). Also includes telegrams from Ismailia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1912-5 Jan 1929
Extent:
1 volume (375 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/812

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/812
Title:
File 1091/1919 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Roads: - The Khanikin-Hamadan-Enzeli Road'
Scope & Content:
This volume is comprised of two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/812/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/812/2) on the construction and operation of the Khanikin [Khanaqin]-Hamadan-Enzeli [Anzali] Road, British Government expenditures toward its maintenance, and the desire of Richards, Thynne & Company Limited [Richards, T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1919-15 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (168 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/869/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/869/3
Title:
File 6665/1919 Pt 5 ‘Mesopotamia: Finance. BUDGETS (1918-19, 1919-20)’
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence, draft papers, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and minutes regarding financial budgets for the British administration in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers notably cover: Estimates of receipts and expenditure The budget for the civil administration in Mesopotamia State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1918-8 Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item (158 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/1035

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1035
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL SITUATION. ANGLO-AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the employment of financial advisors from the United States by the Government of Persia [Iran], and negotiations between HM Government and the United States Government over oil concessions in Persia. It comprises official correspondence, dated 8 July 1918 to 22 December 192...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Jul 1918-22 Dec 1925
Extent:
1 volume (524 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1036

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1036
Title:
File 464/1922 Pt 3 'Persia:- Financial Situation. Quarterly Reports of the American Advisers.'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the financial situation in Qajar [Qājār] Persia [Iran]. It includes quarterly reports prepared by financial advisers from the United States of America under the supervision of the Persian Minister of Finance. These were submitted to the Political Department, India Office, b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
23 Dec 1923-5 Dec 1925
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/1106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1106
Title:
File 443/1924 Pt 2-3 'PERSIA: SITUATION 1926-1930'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of two parts: Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/1106/1) contains papers relating to political affairs in Persia [Iran] during the period 1926 to 1930; Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/1106/2) contains papers relating to governmental modernisation efforts in Persia, particularly in relation to dress. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Dec 1925-16 Sep 1930
Extent:
1 volume (462 folios)