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

581. IOR/L/PS/12/3840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3840
Title:
Coll 30/111 'British Naval Stations in: Establishments at Khor Quwai and Bahrain. Evacuation of Henjam and Basidu.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū, Qeshm], in Iran (generally referred to in the papers as Persia), and the transfer of naval facilities to a new main station at Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and a subsidiary statio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1934-4 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (572 folios)

582. IOR/L/PS/12/3939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3939
Title:
Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943
Extent:

1 file (113 folios)

583. IOR/L/PS/12/3940

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3940
Title:
Coll 30/200 ‘Persian Gulf. Tour of Political Resident from Bahrein to Muscat in L. T. Nearchus.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to: a tour of Muscat by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Consul-General, Bushire, in February 1940; his journey from Muscat to Bahrein [Bahrain] in the ship LT [Lighthouse Tender] Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1940-1 Oct 1946
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)

584. IOR/L/PS/12/4506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4506
Title:
Coll 44/27 'Persia: Attitude towards European Situation, 1939'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on Persian [Iranian] attitudes towards the war in Europe [Second World War] from 8 July 1939 to 20 February 1942. The correspondence is primarily comprised of exchanges between HM Minister in Tehran and the Foreign Office, and includes material relating to the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1939-20 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

585. IOR/L/PS/12/4596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4596
Title:
Coll 45/12 ‘Propaganda: British Propaganda in Iran – Publicity (Broadcasting, Films, Posters, etc)’
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence on British propaganda in Persia [Iran]. The correspondence is primarily between the following: the Secretary of State for India; the External Affairs Department of the Government of India; the British Ambassador to Persia; the Foreign Office; and Henry Duncan Gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
2 Oct 1940-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (422 folios)

586. IOR/L/PS/12/4764

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4764
Title:
Coll 55/3 'Govt of India. Indian Foreign Policy. Relations with Persia'
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file include the following: An extract of a translation from News of IndiaA photostat of a letter from the British Ambassador to Iran, Valentine Lawford, discussing the publication of a book entitled Balvayi Hind (The Indian Disturbances) and its impact on Pakistani-Indian rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1949-21 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

587. IOR/L/PS/18/B236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B236
Title:
Statement [on the expedition to Mesopotamia] by Political Secretary, India Office
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum, marked 'Secret' is a statement by Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, dated 30 August 1916, concerning the British campaign against Turkey in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the context of the First World War, in particular British intentions to advance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

588. IOR/L/PS/18/B394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B394
Title:
Quarantine control in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Memorandum describing the developments leading up to the surrender of quarantine control by His Majesty's Government to the Persian Government in 1928. It outlines the following: quarantine arrangements dating from 1864 including who was responsible for what in terms of roles and the financial ou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

589. IOR/L/PS/18/B397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B397
Title:
Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri
Scope & Content:
Document outlining the status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa, and Sirri. It includes the following: an introduction to the status of the islands; a history of the islands prior to 1887; the occupation of Sirri by Persia, 1887; the temporary Persian occupation of Abu Musa and Tamb,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1928
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

590. IOR/L/PS/18/C16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C16
Title:
Papers respecting the Protection to be granted to Persons of Persian Origin born in India
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of printed papers on the subject of whether persons of Persian origin born in India are entitled to protection as British subjects. The question arose from the fact that Persia did not recognise British nationality in persons of Persian descent. In particular, it referenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
May 1876
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)