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

761. IOR/L/PS/18/C156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C156
Title:
'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

762. IOR/L/PS/18/C158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C158
Title:
Memorandum by the Chief of Imperial General Staff and a Minute by Edmund George Barrow and John Evelyn Shuckburgh, on the Situation in Southern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file concerns attacks made against the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles] by members of Persian tribes at Kazerun and Dashtistan [Dashtestan] (also spelled as 'Dasht-i-Arjun' and 'Dashtarjin' in the file), and the possibility of sending troops from Bushire. The file consists of a m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Dec 1916-27 Dec 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

763. IOR/L/PS/18/C161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C161
Title:
Recent events in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report, written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Political Secretary, India Office, which provides the British perspective on recent events in Persia, from mid-1916 to early 1917. The report is divided into sections using headings, which cover the following locations: Tehran, Ispah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1917
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

764. IOR/L/PS/18/C162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C162
Title:
Sir Percy Sykes's Position. Viceroy's Telegram of 28 February 1917. Note by Political Secretary, India Office.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note which concerns Sir Percy Sykes's position as commander of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The note, written by the Secretary to the Political Department, India Office [Sir Arthur Hirtzel], is written in response to a telegram, dated 28 February 1917 a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

765. IOR/L/PS/18/C164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C164
Title:
British Interests in Persia and the South Persia Military Police.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report which is dated 20 June 1916 and is attributed to Richard Alexander Steel, Military Attaché of the Indian Army. The report concerns British interests in Persia and the recent formation of the South Persia Military Police (abbreviated to SPMP in this file and later k...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (29 folios)

766. IOR/L/PS/18/C173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C173
Title:
The Persian Situation
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report which discusses ways in which Britain might protect its interests in Persia. The report, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary to the Political Department, India Office, begins by stressing the importance of Britain taking an active interest in affairs in Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

767. IOR/L/PS/18/C179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C179
Title:
Mesopotamia Administration Committee. Proposed extension of Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Government of India's proposed extension of the Quetta-Nushki-Dalbandin railway westwards to Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. It consists of the following: five telegrams between the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger] and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Mon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1917-18 Aug 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

768. IOR/L/PS/18/C183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C183
Title:
Persia. Bakhtiari Offer of Military Assistance.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary, Political Department, India Office. It concerns a recent offer of military assistance, which was reportedly made to the British Vice-Consul at Ahwaz [Edward William Charles Noel, British Vice-Consul, Ahvāz, Iran] by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

769. IOR/L/PS/18/C188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C188
Title:
The Persian Question.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant. It concerns the future involvement of the Government of India in Persia. Grant suggests that the Government of India has the following options: to clear out of Persian entirely an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

770. IOR/L/PS/18/C193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C193
Title:
Memorandum Regarding the Policy of His Majesty's Government Towards Persia at the Peace Conference.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the policy of His Majesty's Government towards Persia at the forthcoming peace conference [the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20]. In its introduction the memorandum states that His Majesty's Government must be prepared for the eventua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)