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6431. Mss Eur C380

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380
Title:
Memoirs, letters and photograph albums of Maj Donald Samuel Foster (1923-1997), Indian Army 1941-49, Colonial Service 1950-66, British overseas aid programme 1968-78, seconded to the Diplomatic Service at New Delhi 1971
Scope & Content:
`The Sunlit Silences. An Experience of India' and `Letters from Lebanon': memoirs by Major Donald Samuel Foster (1923-1997), Indian Army 1942-49, of his life as a soldier in India, the Middle East and Sumatra during the 1940s; and later as a diplomat; with photograph albums and related papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1970
Extent:
6 items

6432. Mss Eur C387

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C387
Title:
Typed copy of correspondence, accounts, legal papers of John Scattergood (1681-1724), Madras merchant 1698-1723, chiefly concerning travels, business and family affairs.
Scope & Content:
Typed copy of correspondence, accounts and legal papers of John Scattergood (1681-1724), Madras merchant 1698-1723, chiefly concerning travels, business and family affairs. (Cf B P Scattergood et al, `The Scattergoods and the East India Company' (Harpenden 1935).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1698-1724
Extent:
4 volumes

6433. Mss Eur C593

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C593
Title:
Sir John Malcolm papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 6 Jun 1808, from Lt-Col (later Maj-Gen Sir) John Malcolm (1769-1833), Envoy to Persia 1799-1801, 1808-9 and 1810, to Capt (later Sir) Christopher Cole (1780-1837), Royal Navy 1780-1814, requesting Cole to stay at the head of the Persian Gulf in readiness for possible coercion of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
2 folios

6434. Mss Eur C732

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C732
Title:
Eric Mortimer Norris papers.
Scope & Content:
`A Career in Persia 1894-1930': typescript edition of the diaries of Eric Mortimer Norris (1875-1953), Indo European Telegraph Dept 1894-1930, Director 1929-30.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894-1930
Extent:
1 folder

6435. Mss Eur C838

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C838
Title:
Keith Haines papers.
Scope & Content:
'The Looted Paradise': unpublished biography, dated 1998, by Keith Haines of (William) Arthur Moore (1880-1962), journalist, assistant editor 1924, and editor 1933-42, of the 'Statesman', Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1951
Extent:
1 volume

6436. Mss Eur C921

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C921
Title:
Printed account of affairs on the Russo-Persian frontier extracted from diary of James Drummond Campbell (1787-1818), Bombay Medical Service 1808-18, serving in Persian Gulf and Persia, surgeon to the Prince of Persia. Printed in unidentified journal by his descendant Maj-Gen James Archibald Douglas.
Scope & Content:
Printed account of affairs on the Russo-Persian frontier extracted from diary of James Drummond Campbell (1787-1818), Bombay Medical Service 1808-18, serving in Persian Gulf and Persia, surgeon to the Prince of Persia. Printed in unidentified journal by his descendant Maj-Gen James Archibald Doug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1812
Extent:
10 pp

6437. Mss Eur D35-45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D35-45
Title:
Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records at India House.
Scope & Content:
Wilks Collection: copies of East India Company documents including Court Minutes, Proceedings of the House of Commons, and material relating to China, Japan, Persia and elsewhere, transcribed and compiled c1787-1806, by Thomas Wilks and his successors as Register (sc Registrar) of Indian Records ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1618-1734
Extent:
11 volumes

6438. Mss Eur D109-115; E83-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D109-115; E83-84
Title:
Frederick Collection (1): journals, papers and correspondence of Lt-Col (later General) Edward Frederick (1784-1866), Bombay Army 1799; Assistant Commissary General, Bombay 1813-22; Milit- ary Secretary to Governor of Bombay 1827-28; member, Governor- General's Military Finance Committee Nov 1828; Commissary General, Bombay 1828-38; relating to Egypt, Persia and Kurdistan, and Frederick's life and official duties in India.
Scope & Content:
Frederick Collection (1): journals, papers and correspondence of Lt-Col (later General) Edward Frederick (1784-1866), Bombay Army 1799; Assistant Commissary General, Bombay 1813-22; Milit- ary Secretary to Governor of Bombay 1827-28; member, Governor- General's Military Finance Committee Nov 1828...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801-1831
Extent:
7 volumes

6439. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
Title:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1810
Extent:
4 volumes

6440. Mss Eur D272

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D272
Title:
3 miscellaneous drawings; the first two probably by Morley himself, the third by Selim Qapudan. Artist(s): Morley, William Hook (1815-1860)
Scope & Content:
3 miscellaneous drawings; the first two probably by Morley himself, the third by Selim Qapudan. Frontispiece. Three - quarter length portrait of Fath ‘Ali Shah, King of Persia, 1797-1834. October 1836. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘W.M. Oct. 1836. Brighton’; and in Persian: ‘Fath 'AIi Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1835-1836
Extent:
1 Item

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