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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Petroleum industry Place Persia, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/300
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 1 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, memoranda and other papers, produced in response to the prospect of an oil company backed by German capital taking control of future oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq], and the implications that such concessions might have on the Anglo-Persian Oi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jul 1904-4 Sep 1913
Extent:

1 volume (412 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/301

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/301
Title:
File 3877/1912 Pt 2 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’
Scope & Content:
The volume is a chronological continuation of File 3877/1912 Pt 1 ‘Turkey in Asia: oil concessions’ (IOR/L/PS/300), and comprises papers concerning ongoing negotiations over oil concessions for the Mesopotamian vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad, in which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), Deutsch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1913-31 Mar 1914
Extent:

1 volume (148 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/934
Title:
File 7190/1920 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Mohammerah. Relations of the Shaikh with Central Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning British support of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bī Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah, Shaikh of Khorramshahr] in the context of the Persian [Iranian] Government’s relationship with the tribes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1923-17 Jan 1925
Extent:
1 volume (553 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3489

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3489
Title:
Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning diplomatic relations between the British and Persian Governments over the concession and operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (from 1935, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited), referred to as APOC hereafter. The file includes: correspondence dated 1933 to 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3490A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3490A
Title:
Coll 28/85S (1) ‘Persia. Abadan and S. W. Persian oilfields; Protection of British interests.’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to strikes and social unrest amongst workers on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s (AIOC) oilfields in southern Iran (frequently referred to as Persia throughout the file), and the AIOC refinery at Abadan. The file’s principal correspondents include: the British Ambassador at Tehran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1946-28 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (555 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3491A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3491A
Title:
Coll 28/85S (2) ‘Persia; Abadan situation 1946; Policy to be pursued by H.M.G. (Recommendations & General Appreciation).’
Scope & Content:
Secret papers and correspondence concerning the British Government’s response to the potential threat of Soviet Communist penetration in Persia [Iran] and a perceived increase in influence of the Tudeh Party within the Persian Government. The political crisis was triggered by events at the Anglo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1946-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)