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Collection 80/218 ‘R.I.N. Arrangements for policing of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a proposed transfer of responsibility for the policing of the Persian Gulf from the Royal Navy to the Government of India. It includes discussion of an objection made by the Admiralty to the employment of Royal Indian Navy vessels for this duty. The A...
Collection 2/126: ‘Indian Medical Service. Reorganisation etc. Addition of one post to cadre of I.M.S. Appointment of medical officer permanently at Mohammerah.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from officials of the Political and Secret Department of the Government of India. It concerns a proposal to appoint a Medical Officer permanently to Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and for the addition of one post to the cadre of the IMS [Indian Medical Service].
Collection 269/140 'Minute by Sir E. G. Barrow on the Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement and the liability of India for the defence of the oil-fields'.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the liability of the Government of India for the defence of oil fields in Persia [Iran], following a conference on oil held in India in January 1914 and the 1914 agreement between HM Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). The file contains correspondence and mi...
Collection 403/56 ‘Situation in Persia 1912. Telegraphic Correspondence.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the situation in Persia [Iran] in 1912. The conditions on the Bushire [Bushehr] and Ispahan [Isfahan] roads are discussed in relation to robberies and attacks. An attack on the Shiraz Consul, Mr Smart, is discussed and his account of the attack is includ...
Collection 280/62 'Detailed Estimates of the cost of an Indian Infantry Battalion in Mesopotamia.'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, dated 9 October-20 December 1919. The correspondence concerns the estimated annual cost of deploying an Indian infantry battalion in Mesopotamia [Iraq], in response to a ...
Collection 5/72: ‘Terms of Employment of Officers Lent for Service under other Governments. Rank and Pay of Intelligence Officer, Persian Gulf.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between officials from the Military Department of the India Office and the War Office. It concerns the rank and pay grades for the post of Intelligence Officer, Persian Gulf.
Printed sheet depicting an area between Archangel, in Russia [Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic], and Herat, in Afghanistan. In addition to Russia and Central Asia, the map shows parts of eastern Europe, Turkey, Persia [Iran], Afghanistan, and India. Portrays hydrology, railways, some...
Collection 2/64: 'Indian Medical Service. Re-organisation etc. Medical arrangements for telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from officials of the Foreign Departmentof the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India and a memorandumby the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. It concernsproposals for the provision of medical and sanitary care for the ...
Collection 280/63 'Expenditure on making the Army in India ready for war.'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the finances, equipment, and role of British armed forces in India. It contains: A despatch from the Government of India, Army Department to Edwin Montagu, Secretary of State for India, dated 22 March 1919. The despatch examines the strategic requirements and costs of armed fo...
Collection 435/3 'Memorandum by Secretary of State on administration of Mesopotamia; Air Ministry's scheme for control of Mesopotamia.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the India Office, Air Ministry and War Office relating to the Air Ministry’s scheme for control of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Memoranda on the potential power of the Air Force in Mesopotamia and on the organisation of military forces in Mesopotamia are included. ...