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221. IOR/L/PS/18/C77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C77
Title:
'Memo by Capt O St John R. E. on the Persian Frontier East of the Caspian of 15 May 1874'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — dated 15 May 1874 — describes the Persian frontier east of the Caspian Sea; this includes the upper valley of the River Atrak [Atrek], the districts of Derehgaz [Dargaz], and Kalet-i-Nadiri [Kalāt-e Nāderī]. The author is Captain Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John, and the memora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 June 1873-15 May 1874
Extent:

1 file (22 folios)

222. 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)

223. IOR/L/PS/18/C165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C165
Title:
Mesopotamia Administrative Council. Control of South Persian Rifles.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns control of the South Persian Rifles [South Persia Rifles]. The file consists of the following seven telegrams, which were submitted to the War Cabinet: Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain] to the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], 19 March 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1917-13 Jun 1917
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

224. IOR/L/PS/18/C155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C155
Title:
Memorandum. Regarding our future relations with Persia, with special reference to the extension and maintenance of British influence, and to the system of British Consular representation in Southern Persia.
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, written by Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Travers O'Connor, concerns the new subdivision of Persia into two spheres of influence – Russian and British – with the present neutral zone falling into the British sphere. The memorandum considers what system of Consular or other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

225. IOR/L/PS/18/C108A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C108A
Title:
PERSIAN LOAN. TELEGRAMS, 20TH JANUARY - 1ST APRIL.
Scope & Content:
This file reproduces telegrams written between the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy of India, the First Minister at Teheran (Sir Arthur Hardinge), and the Foreign Secretary (Marquess of Lansdowne), in which the authors assess the merits and logistics of a proposed loan to the Persian Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1903-1 Apr 1903
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

226. IOR/L/PS/18/C108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C108
Title:
Memorandum respecting Financial Assistance to Persia (continued up to February 5 1903)
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum concerning financial assistance to Persia from Russia and the British Government from January 1900 to 5 February 1903, written by the Foreign Office. It covers: a loan to the Persian Government from the Russian Bank at Tehran, and the financial dependence of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1903
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

227. IOR/L/PS/18/C154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C154
Title:
Persia: Memorandum Respecting the Revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office memorandum (author unknown), followed by an annex written by Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Tehran. The file concerns the revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. The convention divided Persia into three areas: a Russian sphere in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1915
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

228. IOR/L/PS/18/C3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C3
Title:
ABSTRACT of DESPATCHES and MEMORANDA on Asiatic Politics and European Diplomacy in the countries between India and Russia, and especially in Afghanistan; and as to the establishment of a British Agent at Herat, to watch the progress of events on the Perso-Afghan frontier and in other parts of Central Asia; and further as to the continuance of the subsidy to Dost Muhammad.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a memorandum which provides summaries of three despatches sent from Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Governor-General of Khorassan, conveying the British Government's proposals both to send a mission to Herat in order to prevent its annexation by Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1859
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

229. IOR/L/PS/18/C64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C64
Title:
Persia. Note on the memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia - HC 1274 of 1895 [L/PS/3/349].
Scope & Content:
This note on the memorandum produced by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran 1894-1900, was written by Sir William Lee-Warner and focuses on various issues relating to the current situation in Persia. These include: the issue of the Regie debt; concerns over the successi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1896
Extent:

2 folios

230. IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C41/5
Title:
Correspondence respecting the occupation of Merv by Russia and her proceedings on the Khorassan Frontier of Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file is a memorandum written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Political and Secret Department, of historical events and correspondence relating to the occupation of Merv by Russia, and to Russian activity in Khorassan, on the Persian boundary. The memorandum reproduces a despatch to the Russia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1884
Extent:

1 file (13 folios)