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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name South Persia Rifles, Inspector-General, 1916-1921 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/608
Title:
File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1922
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/613

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/613
Title:
File 3360/1916 Pt 2 'Persian correspondence. (1917-18)'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1917-18. Topics discussed include: A statement (ff 96-97) of South Persia Rifles policy for Southern Persia by the Inspector General...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 volume (335 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/653
Title:
File 469/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bakhtiari affairs. Bakhtiari gendarmerie'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers (mainly correspondence and India Office minute papers) relating to the Bakhtiari [Baḵtīārī] tribe and Bakhtiari territory in Persia [Iran]. The papers largely concern the proposal to raise a force of gendarmerie, or Levy Corps, under British officers in the Bakhtiari t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1916-28 Apr 1921
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/690
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 1 'PERSIA: SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES STATUS &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the South Persia Rifles, including its organisation, costs, control, role and status. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department, Finance Department, and Army Department; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1917-4 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (402 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/727
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 1 'Persia: situations in Fars and Shiraz'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the military and political situation in Fars and Shiraz in 1918. Topics discussed in the volume include: Alleged plots against officers of South Persia Rifles The affairs of the South Persia Rifles The attitude of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1917-23 Aug 1918
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/728
Title:
File 299/1918 Pt 2 'Persia - policy; Shiraz situation; Bushire operations'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to policy on the political and military situation in Shiraz, and Bushire military operations in the period 1918-1920. Topics discussed in the volume include: Situation at Shiraz as recorded in the telegrams Situatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1918-15 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (297 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/C162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C162
Title:
Sir Percy Sykes's Position. Viceroy's Telegram of 28 February 1917. Note by Political Secretary, India Office.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note which concerns Sir Percy Sykes's position as commander of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The note, written by the Secretary to the Political Department, India Office [Sir Arthur Hirtzel], is written in response to a telegram, dated 28 February 1917 a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C165
Title:
Mesopotamia Administrative Council. Control of South Persian Rifles.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns control of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The file consists of the following seven telegrams, which were submitted to the War Cabinet: Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain] to the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], 19 March 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917-13 Jun 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)