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21. IOR/L/PS/9/69/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/69/168
Title:
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 12 Feb 1824
Scope & Content:
A translation of a rukum [raqm, chancery letter] from the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], to the Agent of the Prince Royal at the Court of Tehran [Mīrzā Ismā’īl], dated 5 February 1824. The letter discusses: Negotiations with the Porte [Ottoman Empire], including a v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1824
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/9/71/305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/305
Title:
Copy of a letter from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Dispatch No. 29 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 27 December 1828. The letter covers: The plans of the Prince Royal [‘A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1828
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/9/76/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/39
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jacob Bosanquet, John Blankett and Robert Abbott
Scope & Content:
Copies of three letters from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad in July-August 1798: 1. A letter to Jacob Bosanquet, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Vienna and dat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 July 1798-18 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/9/76/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/40
Title:
Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, newly appointed Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Bagdad and dated 24 August 1798. The letter reports Jones’s arrival in Constantinople and dispatch of correspondence....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1798
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/10/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/24
Title:
File 664/1904 'Turkish Arabia: Status of British Protected Persons'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status of British-protected persons (primarily from the native states of India) within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. The topics discussed in the file include the consular representation of poor British Indian subject...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1911
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251
Title:
'SKETCH MAP TO SHEW APPROXIMATELY RAILWAYS IN ASIATIC TURKEY'
Scope & Content:
Map, illustrating railway lines in Asiatic Turkey, to accompany Bagdad Railway No. 1 (1911). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty, May 1911 (London, His Majesty's Stationery Office). The publication appears on folios 215-252. The map was produced by the Topographical...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1911
Extent:
1 map

27. IOR/L/PS/10/295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/295
Title:
File 3498/1912 ‘Aden News Letters’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the Aden weekly newsletters for the years 1912 to 1916, which are also referred to as the Aden or Residency weekly political intelligence summaries or diaries and were compiled by the British Political Resident at Aden. They contain a record of current local events, news and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1912-3 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 volume (295 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/10/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/405
Title:
File 3294/1913 Pt 1-2 'Turco-Persian Frontier Commission - Expenditure - Case of Mr Hubbard'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject ‘Turco-Persian Frontier Commission Expenditure'. Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/405/1) concerns the appointment, composition, financial arrangements of the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission. Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/405/2) concerns the compensation for Mr G E Hub...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1920
Extent:
1 volume (450 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/10/415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/415
Title:
File 4044/1913 Pts 1-2 'Bagdad Railway Negotiations'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1913-1914
Extent:
1 volume (285 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/10/518

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/518
Title:
File 4265/1914 Pt 1 ‘The War:- Moslem feeling. Expressions of loyalty.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the attitude of Muslims, mainly Muslims in India, towards the participation of Great Britain [the United Kingdom] and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] in the First World War. Most of the volume consists of papers sent to the Permanent Under Secretary of State ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1913-13 Jan 1915
Extent:

1 volume (561 folios)