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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name HM Ambassador to Iran, 1807-1980

511. IOR/L/PS/12/1225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1225
Title:
Ext 5000/47/3 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the domestic political situation in Iran during 1949, and its international repercussions. In particular the papers discuss Perso-Soviet relations and Anglo-American fears of Soviet involvement with the Tudeh party in Iran. The papers also discuss various oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1947-24 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

512. IOR/L/PS/12/1953

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1953
Title:
Coll 5/8 ‘Persia: Development of Commercial Aviation — Junkers Air Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related papers concerning the development of civil aviation in Persia (referred to as Iran from 1935), its primary focus being the activities of the German company Junkers. The file covers negotiations surrounding the grant of a five year concession to Junker...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
4 Jul 1924-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

513. IOR/L/PS/12/1954

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1954
Title:
Coll 5/9 ‘Air Route to India, Persia: Abandonment of South Persian Route — Negotiations with Persian Government’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the efforts of the British Government to negotiate a renewal of Imperial Airways' concession to operate its United Kingdom (UK) to India international service over Southern Persia; the concession being due to expire in 1932. The file also covers the s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1931-7 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 file (175 folios)

514. IOR/L/PS/12/1999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1999
Title:
Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerned with meteorological services in Iran (also referred to as Persia). This includes the abandonment of stations operated by Cable and Wireless Limited at Henjam, Charbar [Chabahar], and Jask; the deputation of an Inspector of Observatories to visit station...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1935-7 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

515. IOR/L/PS/12/2029

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2029
Title:
Coll 5/67 ‘Crashes of British aircraft in neutral countries during the war’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of papers related to the crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) machines in neutral countries; the file focuses on neutral countries of interest to the India Office. The vast majority of the papers focus on a single incident in September 1939: the crash landing of an R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-29 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

516. IOR/L/PS/12/2038

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038
Title:
Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1941-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

517. IOR/L/PS/12/2182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2182
Title:
Coll 7/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: suggested Anglo-Persian Arms Traffic Agreement. Persia and the Arms Traffic Convention'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of extensive correspondence, plus minutes and memoranda, relating to the 1925 Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War (Arms Traffic Convention), and the subsequent attempts to reproduce certain of its provision...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Aug 1926-28 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (591 folios)

518. IOR/L/PS/12/2193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2193
Title:
Coll 7/25 'Persia and Persian Gulf: proposed Anglo-Persian Convention'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding attempts to negotiate an Anglo-Persian arms convention, intended to regulate arms traffic in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence concerns the following: the changing patterns of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf; Persian attitudes to the Slave Traffic ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Dec 1933-4 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

519. IOR/L/PS/12/2194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2194
Title:
Coll 7/26 'Afghanistan: proposed purchase of gas shells, etc., by Afghan Government; question of attitude of HMG'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding a request by the Government of Afghanistan to import a sample teargas gun, canisters and accessories to Kabul, via India. The file concerns arrangements for the purchase and delivery of the sample, plus British and Indian concerns over the potential import or manufacture...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1932-8 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

520. IOR/L/PS/12/2198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2198
Title:
Coll 7/29 'Persian Gulf: gun running into Persia; reconditioning of Persian patrol craft seized by HMG in 1941 during operations; postwar rehabilitation of Persian Navy'
Scope & Content:
Extensive correspondence regarding the trafficking of arms to Persia [Iran], the resumption of arms and (to a lesser extent) slave trafficking in the Gulf of Oman, and the reconstitution of the Persian Navy following the Second World War (1939-1945). The file opens with reports of arms being sm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-20 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (307 folios)