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

1. IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/129, ff 28-532
Title:
Affairs in the Punjab and the Countries Beyond the Indus, notably Afghanistan and Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Meerut) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1838, dated 8 February 1838. The enclosures are dated 18 September 1837-7 February 1838. The primary correspondents are:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Feb 1838
Extent:
1 item (505 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 381-396
Title:
Persian Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 47 of 1856, dated 25 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 22 April-13 May 1856. The enclosures comprise copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 426-436
Title:
Persia and Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 53 of 1856, dated 28 July 1856. The enclosure is dated 19 May 1856. The enclosure comprises copies of despatches sent by Richard W Stevens, HM Consul in Tehra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248
Title:
Political No. 150 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter from HM Minister at Teheran to Earl Granville, Explaining Why he Believes the Completion of a Railway between the Caspian and Teheran would be Fatal to the Independence of Persia
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 30 September 1873, forwarding copies of a letter from the Minister at Teheran [Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1873-30 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/196/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/196/2
Title:
File 4327/1911 Pt 2 'Turco-Italian War: Turkish propaganda'
Scope & Content:
Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to alleged Turkish activities in Afghanistan and the wider Central Asia region. The discussion is centred around reports, conveyed to them by the Russian Ambassador in London, of the following: Turkish officers training Afghan troops; the Turks seeking ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1911-Jan 1912
Extent:
1 item (15 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/972
Title:
File 1341/1921 Pt 1-2 'MESHED CONSULAR & INTELLIGENCE DIARIES (1921-22)'
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to domestic and foreign affairs in Khorassan [Khorasan], as observed by British representatives based in Meshed [Mashhad, also known as Mashad or Meshad]. It comprises two parts as follows: IOR/L/PS/10/972/1: Part 1, ‘Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-22’ (ff 177-716) IOR/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1921-Jan 1923
Extent:
1 volume (718 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (1)
Title:
View of Meshed from Consulate roof (Observatory in foreground). Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking across rooftops.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (2)
Title:
Pilgrims bound for the Sacred City. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a group of pilgrims with luggage and donkeys, probably taken at Meshed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

9. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (3)
Title:
Mil-i-Radkan. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the tomb tower, with party on horseback in front of the structure: 'In the afternoon we left the marsh and rode to Mil-i-Radkan, or 'Tower of Radkan.' This structure stands eighty feet high and measures one hundred and fifty feet in circumference...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

10. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (4)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (4)
Title:
Hamlet in the Bahmangan Valley. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards perimeter wall of hamlet, with two men on horseback in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item