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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Famines

1. IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 154-184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 154-184
Title:
Affairs in Bushire
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 132 of 1870, dated 15 July 1870, containingenclosures dated 17-29 June 1870. The enclosures consist of copies ofcorrespondence relating to responses to a famine in and around Bushire[Bushehr], in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1870
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 201-203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 201-203
Title:
Report on the Effects of Famine in Kirman Province
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of a general despatch and enclosure from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 6 of 1872, dated 5 April 1872. The enclosure is a report, dated Camp Azizabad, 15 January 1872, by Quarter-Master Serjeant [Sergeant] David Bow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1872
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 531-539

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/270, ff 531-539
Title:
The Turkish Expedition to Nejd
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a secret despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 41 of 1872, dated 24 June 1872. The enclosures are dated from 3 March to 5 June 1872, and concern affairs in Nejd [Najd] in relation to the Tur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1872
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 164-167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/272, ff 164-167
Title:
Compensation Claim Made by the Persian Merchant Hajee Moosa Meymenee
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 8 of 1873, dated 17 January 1873. The enclosures are dated from 3 November to 20 December 1872 and concern a claim for compensat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/16
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF’, Vol 16
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 7 May-30 December 1870. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 2 March...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 May 1870-30 Dec 1870
Extent:
1 volume (836 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/18
Title:
‘LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX, JULY-SEP 1871’, Vol 18
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 3 July-23 September 1871. The despatches contain enclosures consisting of correspondence sent and received by the Political Resident, dated 20 Ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1871-23 Sep 1871
Extent:
1 volume (542 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/646
Title:
File 179/1917 ‘Persia: famine relief‘
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the famine that affected Persia [Iran] during the First World War (specifically the years 1917 and 1918) and attempts made by British officials in Persia to alleviate the effects of famine. The file includes: reports from British officials of famine co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1916-14 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3426
Title:
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/CA1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA1
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS RECEIVED FROM INDIA 1861.'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1861. The letters are dated 1 January 1861-29 December 1861. The abstracts are numbered 183-301 and each have one of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1861-29 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (323 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/CA6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA6
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1866'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the years 1865-66. The letters are dated 8 November 1865-28 November 1866. The abstracts are numbered 1-111 and each have one of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1866-28 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 volume (352 folios)