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201. IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1
Title:
Persia, Herat, and Seistan
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns the state of diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia; it is the view of a number of British officials that the time is ripe to secure a privileged position for Britain at the expense of Russia. To this end it therefore discusses the pros and cons of ceding Herat, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jan 1880
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

202. IOR/L/PS/18/C196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C196
Title:
Persia Telegrams (Foreign Office)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a series of telegrams regarding Britain's relations with Persia in the aftermath of the First World War. Almost all of the correspondence is conducted between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox [Acting British Minister to Persia] and Earl Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Acting Foreig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1919-27 Jul 1919
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

203. IOR/L/PS/18/C52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C52
Title:
Note on a Railway for Southern Persia, by Colonel E.C.S. Williams, C.I.E., R.E.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Colonel Edward Charles Sparshott Williams, Deputy Government Director of Indian Guaranteed Railway Companies, in which the author assesses the practicalities and costs of constructing a number of alternative proposed river and rail routes, designed to impro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

204. IOR/L/PS/18/C63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C63
Title:
Boundary between Persia and North-West Baluchistan
Scope & Content:
Two documents exist within these folios, one of which was written by Hermann Anderson Haines, Assistant, Public Works Department, on 19 September 1893, and the next by Captain Frederick Weston Peile MacDonald on 15 August 1893. The first document by Haines explains the history leading up to the b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1893 - 19 Sep 1893
Extent:

9 folios

205. IOR/L/PS/18/C87/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C87/1
Title:
Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part I
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by the India Office Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf from 1897-98. Correspondents include: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Apr 1898
Extent:

1 file (27 folios)

206. IOR/L/PS/18/C150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C150
Title:
Telegraph Lines in Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report, which is attributed to Hermann Anderson Haines, Secretary, Public Works Department, and which provides a brief account of a number of agreements reached between the Government of India and the Persian Government (and between the Government of India and HM Treasury...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

207. IOR/L/PS/18/C121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C121
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Current Events in Persia for the Years 1906 and 1907'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns events in Persia, and diplomatic exchanges (predominantly between Britain and Russia) related to Persia, during 1906 and 1907. More specifically it covers the following topics: proposals by the Dutch engineer Graadt Van Roggen for a Karun irrigation scheme, and objections...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Dec 1907
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

208. IOR/L/PS/18/C212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C212
Title:
REPORT ON THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF PERSIA to June, 1923.
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report on the trade and industry of Persia, written in two sub-divided chapters. The volume also includes a map showing trade routes, a summary of general information and a conclusion, and an appendix showing imports and exports from 1921-1922. The report was written ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

209. IOR/L/PS/18/C27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C27
Title:
'From Captain the Honourable G. C. Napier, on Special Duty in Persia, to the Political Secretary, India Office, Westminster, dated London, 30th July 1879'
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report by Captain George Campbell Napier on his journey to the Turkoman [Turcoman] frontier of Persia in 1878. It outlines his attempts to facilitate the submission of the Merve [Mary] and the Akhal [Ahal] Turkomans to Persia, as an alternative to their annexation by Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1879
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

210. IOR/L/PS/18/C110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C110
Title:
'Question of a Loan to Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a number of notes authored by the following: Sir Hugh Barnes, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, Sir John Edge, and Sir William Lee-Warner; all members of the Council of India. The notes discuss whether or not Britain should advance a further loan to Persia, and what concessions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1905-17 Jan 1906
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)