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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name War Office, 1857-1964

111. IOR/L/PS/12/3639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3639
Title:
Coll 29/63 'Tehran Legation: appointment of Military Attache and assistant; status, conditions, etc, of appointment'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns appointments at the British Legation at Tehran. The file contains correspondence related to: appointments of Military Attaché and Assistant Military Attaché at Tehran, 1929-38 propaganda in Afghanistan and Iran. Government of India's proposals for improved propaganda, 1941 app...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1929-13 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 file (89 folios)

112. IOR/L/PS/12/3651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3651
Title:
Coll 29/75 'Meshed: consulate appointments; vice consulate and elevation to consulate-general'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns appointments at the British Consulate at Meshed. The file covers: special pay and allowances for C W Hart while officiating as Vice-Consul, 1935 and 1938 appointment of A C Stewart as Vice-Consul, 1935 appointment of G F Squire as Consul General, 1937 pay and allowance of C P ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1934-2 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

113. IOR/L/PS/12/3693

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3693
Title:
Coll 29/114(1) 'Supply of transport vehicles for consular posts in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains a promotional leaflet for Armstrong Siddeley cars (folios 157-166). The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1943-31 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (201 folios)

114. IOR/L/PS/12/3694

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3694
Title:
Coll 29/114(2) 'Supply of motor vehicles for use of Political Officers'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of cars for use of consular officers in the Persian Gulf and their maintenance. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the British Embassy at Tehran,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1941-12 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

115. IOR/L/PS/12/3930

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3930
Title:
Coll 30/192(1) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence BAHRAIN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file), including the supply of guns to the Government of Bahrain, and anti-aircraft defences. The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Political Agent at Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1942
Extent:

1 file (162 folios)

116. IOR/L/PS/12/4149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4149
Title:
Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Persian Gulf cable system. The file contains: suggestions for bypassing Bushire during communication with India via Bahrain a copy of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, 1933 interruption to Bahrain cable, and communicatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1940-26 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (427 folios)

117. IOR/L/PS/18/B287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B287
Title:
Summary of the Hejaz Revolt
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a report prepared by the General Staff, War Office, dated 31 Aug 1918. It is a summary of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] Revolt (commonly referred to as the Arabic Revolt) in the context of the First World War, covering the period June 1916 to December 1918. The memorandum is ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1918
Extent:

15 folios

118. IOR/L/PS/18/B329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B329
Title:
Proposed Intelligence Service for the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a draft scheme prepared by the War Office concerning a reconsideration of Britain's intelligence service in the Middle East. The memorandum includes sections covering British intelligence operations in Constantinople, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Southern Arabia and Somaliland, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1919
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

119. IOR/L/PS/18/C179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C179
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Proposed extension of Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Government of India's proposed extension of the Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway westwards to Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. It consists of the following: five telegrams between the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger] and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Mon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1917-18 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

120. IOR/L/PS/20/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35
Title:
‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)