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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Ahwaz, Asia, Persia

11. IOR/L/PS/10/1010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1010
Title:
File 3852/1921 'PERSIA: AHWAZ CONSULATE BUILDINGS'
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the establishment of British consular offices and accommodation at Ahwaz [Ahvaz, also known as Naseri, Khuzestan] during the period 1918-32, proceedings which were particularly driven by: the end of hostilities with the Central Powers (Treaties of Sevres, 1920, and Lausann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1932
Extent:
1 volume (404 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/174
Title:
PZ 5894/35 'Persian Gulf: administration of estate of Mr W N Sequeira, bankrupt British subject'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to administration of the estate of Mr W N Sequeira, a British citizen who had gone bankrupt. The discussion in the volume relates to the situation with the creditors in Khuzistan and legal position with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1935-20 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

13. 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)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3400
Title:
Coll 28/6 ‘Persia; Diaries: Khuzistan (Ahwaz) Diaries Jany 1931 – 1937.’
Scope & Content:
Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul for Khuzistan [Khūzestān] (Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny; Arnold Edwards Watkinson; Alfred John Gardener) to the India Office. The reports, which evolve over time from one-page summaries to comprehensive document...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1931-11 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 volume (770 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3400, f 736
Title:
Map of the border region between Iraq and Persia
Scope & Content:
Pencil sketch showing the border region between Iraq and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates the Karun and Bahmanshir rivers, the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Shatt al-Arab, and the towns of Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and Basrah [Basra]. A red pencil line indicates the border...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 map

16. IOR/L/PS/12/3405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3405
Title:
Coll 28/9(2) ‘Persia; Internal affairs; including new Labour Law of 1946 and general labour conditions in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers submitted by British officials in Iran, relating to the movements and actions of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and labour legislation passed by the Government of Iran. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1938-13 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/3474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3474
Title:
Coll 28/69 ‘Irrigation Projects in Sth Persia. Reports by Major W. R. Morton R.E. inc. Suggestion of Sir L. Howarth’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to proposals for irrigation schemes in Persia [Iran], and specifically for the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] in the southwest of the country. The contents of the volume can be divided into two parts, as follows: Correspondence dated 1933-34 (ff 141-240) concerning a request made by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1933-23 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/3533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3533
Title:
Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’
Scope & Content:
Consular diaries detailing affairs in Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Persia [Iran]. The diaries were submitted on a fortnightly basis by the British Consul at Ahwaz, although for some periods they were submitted monthly. The diaries cover the period of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1942-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (332 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/3534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3534
Title:
Coll 28/120(2) ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular Diaries’
Scope & Content:
Monthly consular diaries submitted by HM Consul-General at Ahwaz [Ahvāz] in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover the period January 1946 to December 1947, and describe affairs in Ahwaz under various subheadings. Subjects covered include: British officials and visitors; the evacuation of British troo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1946-5 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 51v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 51v
Title:
'Sketch of the Ground in the Neighbourhood of AHWAZ ON THE KARUN. showing the position occupied by the PERSIAN ARMY, and the advance of the BRITISH DETACHMENT upon the Town, March 1857.'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region around Ahwaz in south-western Persia, indicating the position occupied by the Persian army, and the landing place and advance of British troops. The map also indicates hydrology and buildings, with some indication of relief, and brief descriptions of topography. The map i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map