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31. IOR/L/PS/9/76/324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/324
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 27 October 1803. The letter concerns the threat to Bussora and Bagdat [Baghdad] from the Whahabees [Wahhābī movement] and tribes led by Ghausem [Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/10/152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/152
Title:
File 2800/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Shiraz Situation'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two related topics. Part one (folios 80-398) contains correspondence between British officials related to the worsening security situation in Shiraz (including an attack on the British Vice-Consul in Shiraz, Walter Smart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1913
Extent:
1 file (400 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/10/690

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/690
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 1 'PERSIA: SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES STATUS &c'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to the South Persia Rifles, including its organisation, costs, control, role and status. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department, Finance Department, and Army Department; th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1917-4 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 volume (402 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/10/691

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/691
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 2 'SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers relating to expenditure on the South Persia Rifles and its dissolution in 1921. The principal correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign Department (later Foreign and Political Department), and Finance Departm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1919-11 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 volume (435 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/10/692/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/692/2
Title:
File 2834/1917 Pt 4, 'South Persia Rifles: - General correspondence regarding disbandment. Disposal of arms, ammunition, stores etc.'
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles, including attempts (in the opinion of the India Office) of the Foreign Office and HM Minister in Tehran to prolong its existence, and the disposal of arms, ammunition, equipment and medical stores. The principal correspondents are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1921-3 Mar 1922
Extent:
1 item (184 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/10/734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/734
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 1-2 'Persia: situation & policy'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] after the withdrawal of Russian forces in the wake of the Russian Revolution, and British policy in relation to this. Topics discussed include: British military and diplomatic activity in Persia and support from France and the United State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1918-5 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 file (574 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/12/3727

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3727
Title:
Coll 30/17(S) 'Persian Gulf: Policy of H.M.G. Strategical Position & Imperial Considerations; Defence of Persian Gulf in time of War'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the measures put in place to defend the Persian Gulf in the event of a major war. The correspondence discusses both the strategic importance of the region to the British Empire and the military steps that were required in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1928-12 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (324 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

40. 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)