Demi-official papers of Skrine as Counsellor for Indian Affairs, Tehran, including correspondence, reports, minutes and notes mainly on the post-war situation in Persia; also papers about Doris, Lady Skrine's work for animal welfare in Tehran
Official papers about Skrine's special mission escorting the Ex-Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlevi) and party from Bombay to Mauritius where they were interned. [Reza Shah Pahlevi abdicated after the British and Russian invasion of Persia in Aug 1941; in 1942 he and most of his family moved to Joh...
Papers relating to Skrine's Residency in the Madras States, including speeches; a report on the Travancore disturbances; demi-official letters about Banganapalle State and dissensions in the Syrian Jacobite Church of Travancore; and two official reports on the Madras States
Private and some official correspondence of Skrine about the future of his career in the IPS, in 1941, after his failure to secure confirmation as a 1st class Resident in the Punjab States