Place: Iran, Asia - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur A12-19; B44-49; C38; D232-35; G34-35
Title:: Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on which was based much of his `Narrative of a residence in Koordistan... edited by his widow' (London 1836).
Scope & Content:: Rich Collection: papers of Claudius James Rich (1787-1820), traveller and East India Company's Resident at Baghdad 1808-21, chiefly relating to his residence and travels in Mesopotamia and Kurdistan and including journals, field sketches, maps, astronomical, meteorological and survey notes, on w...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1811-1822
Extent:: 21 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65
Title:: Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, notes, sketch maps and drawings relating to Afghanistan, Punjab, Sind Baluchistan and Persia.
Scope & Content:: Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, note...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1828-1853
Extent:: 29 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur B150
Title:: Robert Charles Arthur Campbell papers.
Scope & Content:: Two letters from Robert Charles Arthur Campbell, Indo-European Telegraph Dept 1877 to Amsoo [Mrs Campbell ?] describing his work in Persia for the Telegraph Department and allied political duties.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1898-1900
Extent:: 10 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur B198
Title:: Henry George Grey papers.
Scope & Content:: Letter, dated 8 Oct 1838, from Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick, later 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94), Secretary at War 1835-39, to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), Home Secretary 1835-39, criticising Government policy towards Afghanistan, Persia, and more particularly Russia.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1838
Extent:: 7 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur B380
Title:: Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Scope & Content:: Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1869-1870
Extent:: 5 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur B382
Title:: Joseph Wolff papers.
Scope & Content:: Letter, dated 16 Nov 1843, from Rev Joseph Wolff (1795-1862), missionary, to Sir Stratford Canning (1786-1880), Ambassador at Constantinople 1842-1858, concerning Wolff's planned mission to Bokhara to investigate the deaths there of two British Officers.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1843
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C46-49; D271-78; E115
Title:: Papers of William Hook Morley (1815-60), barrister, librarian to the Royal Asiatic Society 1859-60, chiefly written when aged 15 to 25, comprising notes on oriental studies of all kinds relating to the near and middle East, Central Asia, India and the far East; a study of Egyptian hieroglyphics; translations from Persian manuscripts; and miscellaneous papers.
Scope & Content:: Papers of William Hook Morley (1815-60), barrister, librarian to the Royal Asiatic Society 1859-60, chiefly written when aged 15 to 25, comprising notes on oriental studies of all kinds relating to the near and middle East, Central Asia, India and the far East; a study of Egyptian hieroglyphics; ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1830-1840
Extent:: 13 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C212
Title:: Three Albums of newspaper cuttings on Afghanistan, Persia and Sind.
Scope & Content:: Three Albums of newspaper cuttings on Afghanistan, Persia and Sind.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1877-1881
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C283
Title:: Sir John Macdonald Kinneir papers.
Scope & Content:: Six letters from Lt John Macdonald (later Lt-Col Sir John Macdonald Kinneir) (1782-1830), Madras Army 1804, to his friend John Alexander Graham of Leith, mainly discussing personal matters and affairs in Madras, but also describing visits to Canton and Prince of Wales Island, and his experiences ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1803-1808
Extent:: 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur C313
Title:: Papers of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, British agent in Transcaspia 1917-22
Scope & Content:: Sinclair Collection: papers and photographs of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones) (1889-1988), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1917-22, British Consul, New York 1941-53; relating to the policing of the North-West Frontier, the British Mission to Central A...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1903-1980
Extent:: 98 items

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