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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name India Office, Military Secretary, 1809-1947 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/455/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/455/2
Title:
File 2696/1914 Pt 2 'Persia New Anglo-Russian agreement'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 relates to discussion between the Government of India, the India Office, and the Foreign Office regarding the possible revision of the Anglo-Russian Agreement [the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907]. Included is a memorandum, dated August 1915 and produced by the India Office's Political De...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Mar 1915-4 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 item (60 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/365
Title:
PZ 2031/1940 'Staff tour to Kuwait and Bahrain for reconnaissance for landing of mechanised forces'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a reconnaissance mission to Kuwait by British officers. The correspondence mainly focuses on the fact that the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf was not informed of the tour in advance. The main correspondents are the Political Resident, the Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1940-23 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C158
Title:
Memorandum by the Chief of Imperial General Staff and a Minute by Edmund George Barrow and John Evelyn Shuckburgh, on the Situation in Southern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns attacks made against the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles] by members of Persian tribes at Kazerun and Dashtistan [Dashtestan] (also spelled as 'Dasht-i-Arjun' and 'Dashtarjin' in the file), and the possibility of sending troops from Bushire. The file consists of a m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1916-27 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/C183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C183
Title:
Persia. Bakhtiari Offer of Military Assistance.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary, Political Department, India Office. It concerns a recent offer of military assistance, which was reportedly made to the British Vice-Consul at Ahwaz [Edward William Charles Noel, British Vice-Consul, Ahvāz, Iran] by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)