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1. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/139
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 58
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (839 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/71/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/71
Title:
Correspondence between Abbas Meerza and General Paskevitch
Scope & Content:
Translation of correspondence between Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] and General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia]. Abbas Meerza discusses his previous proposal to travel to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], which G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1827
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/464
Title:
File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Britain’s position in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War. The papers cover: behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations between British Government officials and Arab and Muslim representatives; reports of anti-British or Egyptian-nationalist propaganda, much of which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1915
Extent:

1 volume (368 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3517

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3517
Title:
Coll 28/106 ‘Persia. Infiltration of British agents.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, some marked Most Secret, discussing ways in which British agents could be deployed in Persia [Iran] and other countries in the region (Iraq, Afghanistan) to counter German influence during the Second World War. The correspondence discusses: how British firms operating in Iran cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1941-27 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)