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IOR/L/PS/8

Record Id:: 036-000544376
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000544376
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/8
Title:: Demi-Official Correspondence, Secretary's Letters and Secret Service Intelligence Papers
Scope & Content:: The series consists of (1) Political and Secret demi-official correspondence (home and overseas) 1862-1912 (2) Secretary's letters to India 1875-1881 (3) Secret Service and Intelligence papers of the India Office Political andSecret Department 1874-1917
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
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Correspondence: First Series, vol 4" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544382", "parent" : "037-000544377", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/5: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series, vol 5" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544383", "parent" : "037-000544377", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/6: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series, vol 6" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544384", "parent" : "037-000544377", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/7: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series, vol 7" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544385", "parent" : "037-000544377", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/8: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series, vol 8" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544386", "parent" : "037-000544377", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/9: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series, vol 9" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-000544387", "parent" : "036-000544376", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/10-14: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series" },{ "id" : "040-000544388", "parent" : "037-000544387", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/10: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series, vol 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544389", "parent" : "037-000544387", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/11: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series, vol 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544390", "parent" : "037-000544387", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/12: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series, vol 3" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544391", "parent" : "037-000544387", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/13: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series, vol 4" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544392", "parent" : "037-000544387", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/14: Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series, vol 5" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-000544393", "parent" : "036-000544376", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/15-16: Secretary's Letters to India" },{ "id" : "040-000544394", "parent" : "037-000544393", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/15: Secretary's Letters to India, vol 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544395", "parent" : "037-000544393", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/16: Secretary's Letters to India, vol 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-000544396", "parent" : "036-000544376", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/17-78: Papers of the Secretary, India Office Political and Secret Department: Secret Service and intelligence matters" },{ "id" : "040-000544397", "parent" : "037-000544396", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/17: Indexed letterbook: Private Correspondence [?Political and Secret Secretary's], mainly about foreign, political and secret relations…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-000544398", "parent" : "037-000544396", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/18-25: Bank of England passbooks for India Office Secret Service Fund accounts, Secretaries of State, 1878-1910" },{ "id" : "040-000544399", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/18: Viscount Cranbrook" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544400", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/19: Marquis of Hartington" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544401", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/20: Lord Randolph Churchill" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544402", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/21: Viscount Cross" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544403", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/22: Earl of Kimberley" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544404", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/23: H H Fowler" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544405", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/24: Lord George Hamilton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544406", "parent" : "038-000544398", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/25: Viscount Morley of Blackburn" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-000544407", "parent" : "037-000544396", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/26-30: Bank of England, Coutts & Co and Joint Stock Bank passbooks, cheque books and voucher books for Secret Service Fund accounts" },{ "id" : "040-000544408", "parent" : "038-000544407", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/26: Bank of England voucher book" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544409", "parent" : "038-000544407", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/27: Joint Stock Bank cheque book with payments" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544410", "parent" : "038-000544407", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/28: Coutts & Co passbook: Col Sir Edward Bradford, Political & Secret Secretary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544411", "parent" : "038-000544407", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/29: Coutts & Co cheque book; Coutts & Co unused cheque book" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544412", "parent" : "038-000544407", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/30: Coutts & Co passbook: Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley, Political & Secret Secretary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-000544413", "parent" : "037-000544396", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/31-46: Papers on administration of Secret Service Fund accounts" },{ "id" : "040-000544414", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/31: Secret Service Fund: present state of fund with justification of expenses and notes on precedence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544415", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/32: Balance of account and transfers of Secret Service Fund accounts into names of successive Secretaries of State for India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544416", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/33: Adjustments to methods of relinquishing funds in account by Secretary of State on leaving office" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544417", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/34: Special Committee on Home Charges, including item 40 on Secret Service Money" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544418", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/35: Secret Service Fund accounts and expenditure 1909-1910" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544419", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/36: Secret Service Fund accounts and expenditure 1910-1913" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544420", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/37: Secret Service Fund accounts and expenditure 1913-1914" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544421", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/38: Secret Service Fund accounts and expenditure 1914-1915" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544422", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/39: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544423", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/40: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544424", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/41: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544425", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/42: Secret Service Fund: receipts, 'A & B' vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544426", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/43: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544427", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/44: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544428", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/45: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544429", "parent" : "038-000544413", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/46: Secret Service Fund: receipts, vouchers and related correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-000544430", "parent" : "037-000544396", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/47-78: Secret Service Fund payments to agents, assignments and reports" },{ "id" : "040-000544431", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/47: Maintenance of Prince Ahmed Iskander Khan, nephew of Shere Ali, Amir of Kabul" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544432", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/48: Subscription to Al Jaw ‚Ôb, reports and payments to editors, Ahmed and Selim Faris, Constantinople and Cairo" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544433", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/49: Account for expenses of Col Home for activities in Middle East under orders from Cabinet" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544434", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/50: Maj Charles Edward Stewart, Bengal Staff Corps: reports from Persia and payment" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544435", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/51: Harry Hammond: expenses for expedition to Persia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544436", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/52: Maj L Beresford Lovett: purchase of surveying equipment" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544437", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/53: Payment to Anton Tien for Arabic translation" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544438", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/54: Payment to Joseph Samuel" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544439", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/55: Maj W Fitzgerald: payment for duties as assistant to Political ADC to Secretary of State" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544440", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/56: Allowance for Sirdar Amin ud Dowla" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544441", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/57: Present of gold watch and chain for Changay Lama at Peking" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544442", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/58: Burmese mission to Paris: reports and claims from agent Frédéric Frontin, Secretary to Burmese mission, Feb-Sep 1886 and Aug-Oct 1887" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544443", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/59: Expenses of visit of Sheik of Muscat and party to London" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544444", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/60: Miscellaneous payments" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544445", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/61: Intelligence on Abdul Karim, munshi to Queen Victoria" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544446", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/62: Cpt P M Sykes: reports on arms traffic to Afghanistan from Persian Gulf and expenses" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544447", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/63: Payment to Sheikh of Kuweit" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544448", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/64: Presents for the Turkish delegates on the Aden Boundary Committee" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544449", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/65: FitzGerald Lee, teacher at Dharmsala: Fenian associations" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544450", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/66: Employment of agent Sydney Brooks to defend British rule in India in the US press" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544451", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/67: Employment and expenses of Indian informant, Sajani Ranjan Banerjea, alias Sukasagar Dutt, to watch Indian students in London" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544452", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/68: Payments to J Wallinger for investigation into revolvers held by Indians in Paris" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544453", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/69: Report on Gaekwar of Baroda's activities in Paris" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544454", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/70: Character of police constable Constantine Kosmatos, Cairo and activities of Russian traveller S Michaldovsky" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544455", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/71: German organisation of revolt in Persia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544456", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/72: German intrigues with Nepal and other states bordering India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544457", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/73: Copy telegram about discovery of secret of English invisible ink in Berlin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544458", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/74: Surveillance notes and reports on various Indian princes and nobles in contact with Germans in Europe" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544459", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/75: Copy secret report on German oriental propaganda and related papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544460", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/76: Letter from Egypt to Directorate of Military Intelligence on intelligence on German activities in Baghdad and East Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544461", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/77: Enquiry to Indian Political Intelligence about Bennani of Central Islamic Society" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000544462", "parent" : "038-000544430", "text" : "IOR/L/PS/8/78: Intercepted telegram on China's policy on Japan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000538283
036-000544376
Is part of:: IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records

IOR/L/PS/8 : Demi-Official Correspondence, Secretary's Letters and Secret Service Intelligence Papers
Contains:: IOR/L/PS/8/1-9 : Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: First Series
IOR/L/PS/8/10-14 : Political and Secret Demi-Official Correspondence: Second Series
IOR/L/PS/8/15-16 : Secretary's Letters to India
IOR/L/PS/8/17-78 : Papers of the Secretary, India Office Political and Secret Department: Secret Service and intelligence matters

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Hierarchy:: 032-000538283[0008]/036-000544376
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Record Type (Level):: Series
Extent:: 78 volumes
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1862
End Date:: 1917
Date Range:: 1862-1917
Era:: CE
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Related Material:: (1) Political and Secret Home Correspondence 1862-1911 [IOR/L/PS/3] (2) Political and Secret Correspondence with India 1875-1911 [IOR/L/PS/7] (3) Public and Judicial (Separate) Papers 1913-1947 [IOR/L/PJ/12]