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Place Abadan, Iran

1. EAP001/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP001/18
Title:
Husayn Chan'ani Photographic Archive, 1305H-1330s [1926-1950s]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of digital images of a sample of the photographic collections held by Husayn Chan'ani, a photographic researcher from Abadan, Iran. Mr Chan'ani digitised the sample as part of the EAP001 Faces and Places in Iran: Iranian Photography at the Turn of the 20th Century project. T...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1926-1950s
Extent:
2 files containing 12 TIFF images

2. EAP001/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP001/19
Title:
Iranian Oil Ministry Photograph Collection [1910-1926]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of six digital copies of photographs taken by the Anglo Persian Oil Company during oil exploration in Abadan at the beginning of the 20th century.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910-1926
Extent:
1 file

3. EAP001/19/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP001/19/1
Title:
Oil Exploration at Abadan, 1910-c1925 "Oil Exploration at Abadan, 1910-c1925"
Scope & Content:
Six digital images of photographs taken for the Anglo Persian Oil Company: 1. Inside the derrick at Well B.102, Persia, c. 1925. 2. Persian workmen extending an old pipe, c. 1925. 3. Members of the Company staff being entertained at luncheon by the Kashgali Khans at their winter camp, undated...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
6 JPEG images

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24
Title:
Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area
Scope & Content:
Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940. The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:

1 volume (69 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/793
Title:
Persia: Railway Construction; Negotiations between the Persian Govt. and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co; Acquisition of Gulf Islands
Scope & Content:
This volume is about the construction of railways in Persia [Iran] and negotiations between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the acquisition of islands in the Persian Gulf. It contains material relating to: The Persian Government’s interest in attracting Americ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1919-1 Dec 1921
Extent:
1 volume (311 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/1282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1282
Title:
File 6391/1928 'Persia and the Persian Gulf: method of counteracting Soviet activities on Persia and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains the subject 'Method of Counteracting Soviet Activities in Persia and the Persian Gulf'. The papers cover Russian propaganda in Persia, Soviet commercial activities in southern Persia and in the Persian Gulf, and Bolshevik activities in Abadan and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1925-29 Aug 1929
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/391
Title:
PZ 3220/40 'Detention by Persian authorities of Mirza Barkatali Ahmadi, British Indian subject'
Scope & Content:
This file contains documents relating to the detention of Mirza Barkatali Ali Ahmadi, a British Indian subject from the SS Varsova, for his alleged failure to settle a debt with Yusuf Ali, a naturalised Persian subject and merchant in Abadan, Iran. The charges against Mirza Barkatali Ali Ahmadi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
18 May 1940-22 Jun 1940
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/731

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/731
Title:
Ext 3485/42 'Destruction at Abadan of SS Suisang'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from the British Consulate in Khorramshar, transmitted to the India Office by the British Legation at Tehran, on the subject of the SS Suisang, a British India Steam Navigation Company's ship which caught fire at Abadan whilst loading aviation petrol, and was sunk. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 May 1942-03 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/939
Title:
Ext 3849/44 'Persian Gulf: Rationing and clothing systems of Anglo Iranian Oil Co at Abadan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi to Office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Camp Shiraz concerning statistics on the wartime rationing and clothing system of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company at Abadan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1944-27 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/1156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1156
Title:
Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
Scope & Content:
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)