Abstract: A statement showing the estimated charges and expenses for transporting merchandise between Russia and India, accompanying a proposal for a Russian East India Company sent by an unknown English adventurer to the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire (IOR/L/PS/9/69/162).The statement was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 12 February 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/159).Physical description: The folio comprises a large sheet which has been folded.
Abstract: A list of ships belonging to Indian ports trading with Muscat and the Gulf, detailing ports of origin, ship names, and tonnage.The list was sent by Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], as part of a report on trade in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/191).The report was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A translated copy of a letter from a French Minister to French representatives in India carried by the messenger M Cotinal, copied by William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra].The letter claims that the King of England [King George III] intends to take over the territories controlled by the East India Company in India and reduce the Company to a commercial interest, make peace with the Marattas [Marathas] and Hyder Ali Khan [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore], and thereafter expand English territorial control in India. The letter urges French representatives to make Indian rulers and the East India Company aware of the scheme in order to resist it.This copy was enclosed in Latouche’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company), dated 13 May 1783 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/28 and 29).The original French version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/30 and 37.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from a French Minister to French representatives in India carried by the messenger M Cotinal, copied by William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], on 26 May 1783.The letter claims that the King of England [King George III] intends to take over the territories controlled by the East India Company in India and reduce the Company to a commercial interest, make peace with the Mahrattas and Hyder Alli Khan [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore], and thereafter expand English territorial control in India. The letter urges French representatives to make Indian rulers and the East India Company be made aware of the scheme in order to resist it.Another duplicate of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/30. An English translation is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/31.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from a French Minister to French representatives in India carried by the messenger M Cotinal, copied by William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], on 26 May 1783.The letter claims that the King of England [King George III] intends to take over the territories controlled by the East India Company in India and reduce the Company to a commercial interest, make peace with the Mahrattas [Mahratas] and Hyder Alli Khan [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore], and thereafter expand English territorial control in India. The letter urges French representatives to make Indian rulers and the East India Company aware of the scheme in order to resist it.The copy was enclosed in Latouche’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies (East India Company), dated 13 May 1783 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/28 and 29).An English translation of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/31. A duplicate of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/37.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The papers in this volume relate to the revised international Arms Traffic Convention (1925).The papers include: The right to supply munitions to the governments of Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet should they fall within the ‘prohibited zone’, 11 December 1924; the preference for including all countries bordering India (except Siam) in the prohibited zone should Russia decide to adopt the Convention, and potential British support for Persia’s claim to exclusion from the zone should Russia decide to reject the Convention, 3 February 1925; the exclusion of Persia and Afghanistan from the prohibited zone, and possible arrangement of imports through Bushire [Bushehr], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Karachi, 18 February-12 March 1925; the proposed abandonment of the term ‘prohibited’ areas to induce Turkey and Persia to join the Convention, and empowerment of the governments of the countries bordering India, 24 March 1925; the readiness of HMG to support Persia’s request for exclusion from the prohibited zone in order to ensure the strict regulation of the private arms trade from Russia to India via Persia, 5-11 April 1925; the Government of India’s objections to Article 25 of the Convention, 11-30 April 1925; the Conference on Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition, Geneva, 6 May-17 June 1925; the report on the proceedings of the Inter-Departmental Committee assembled to consider the draft Convention for Control of the Trade in Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War produced by the Temporary Mixed Commission of the League of Nations, with annexes including drafts of the Convention by the Temporary Mixed Commission and the Inter-Departmental Committee, and a minute by the Secretary of State on the Arms Traffic Conference, 23-28 April 1925; the protocol on the use of asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases in times of war, 20 May-14 June 1925; the list of countries designated as ‘special zones’ in the Arms Traffic Convention, 25-27 May 1925; the proposal of the Persian delegate Mīrzā Reżā Khan Arfaʿ al-Dawla, 29 May-6 June 1925; the nomination of a Jurist Committee by the Bureau for the purpose of determining the status of the Persian Gulf in international law as the best means of dealing with the Persian delegation, 4-11 June 1925; the Persian amendment to the second paragraph of Article 15 of the Convention, 8-9 June 1925; the protest of the High Commissioner for Iraq at the inclusion of the country in a special zone, 8-25 June 1925; the vote on the inclusion of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman as special zones, 11-15 June 1925; the declaration on the manufacture of arms, ammunition and implements of war, 8 June 1925; the general report on the League of Nations’ Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, including the texts of the Convention, Statement regarding the Territory of Ifni, Protocol on Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare, Protocol of Signature, and the Final Act, dated at Geneva, 14 June 1925 (texts in French and English); the statement of Sir Percy Cox on the Persian arguments concerning maritime zones, and the response of the Persian delegate General Habibullah Khan [Ḥabib Allāh Khan Shāybanī], 15 June 1925-28 January 1926; the inspection of ships at Indian ports and interception of arms bound for China, 22 October 1925-29 April 1926.The volume also includes a decree by the Shah of Persia, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh Qājār against arms trafficking, signed on his behalf by the Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam, Mīrzā ʻAlī Aṣghar Khān Amīn al-Sulṭān, dated 1 January 1900 (in French).The correspondence in this volume is primarily between the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department; Secretary of State for India; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Under-Secretary of State, India Office; the Admiralty; Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow; HM Consul Geneva; War Office; Foreign Office; India Office; Colonial Office; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel; Secretary of State for the Colonies.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 610; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 242a.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of Pan-Islamic activists in India, Afghanistan and North Africa during the first year of the First World War. The correspondence is particularly concerned with possible German and Ottoman support for the activists in carrying out destabilising activities against British and other Allied regimes. The primary correspondents are: Foreign Office; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; Government of India; Admiralty; British Consul, Addis Ababa; British Embassy, Cairo; British Embassy, Constantinople; British Embassy, Rome; British Consulate, Smyrna; British Legation, Tehran. Much of the correspondence covers suspected anti-British agitators believed to be in or travelling to India. Other topics covered include:A reported purchase of rifles by a German company with the intention of arming Pan-Islamists in India (ff 165-175)A suggestion that Muslim rulers of Indian states should be persuaded to make pro-British statements (ff 137-140)Intelligence received from a German source that an unnamed Indian ruler has ordered a large amount of arms from Germany (ff 108-115)Reports that the German diplomat and archaeologist Max von Oppenheim is intending to stir up anti-British feeling in Iraq, Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan (ff 4-6 and 15-20).The volume contains a single folio in French (f 41), a communication from the Russian Consul in Turbat-i-Haidari [Torbat-e Heydarieh], Persia. The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 177; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume contains papers regarding the future of Constantinople [Instanbul]. It includes: India Office minute papers; copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Sir George Buchanan, HM Ambassador at Petrograd [St Petersburg], and other British diplomats; draft telegrams from the Secretary of State for India addressed to the Viceroy of India; correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; and other papers. Some of the correspondence is in French.Issues discussed in the papers include: whether the Constantinople Agreement, concluded between the British, French and Russian governments in March 1915 (under the terms of which Constantinople and the Straits of the Dardanelles would be annexed to the Russian Empire), should be made public; the possible effect upon Muslims in India of the announcement of the agreement; and the question of the re-conversion of the St Sophia [Hagia Sophia] mosque in Constantinople into a Christian church.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 259; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated.
Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta.The file includes correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon; the Foreign Office; the Colonial Office; and the War Office. The file also includes correspondence between the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon, and the Foreign Office, and between the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.The file includes photographic copies of the silk letters, which are written in Urdu (folios 63 to 66).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence regarding the movements and activities of the Central Powers in Persia [Iran], India and Afghanistan between April 1915 and January 1918. The correspondence is particularly concerned with information gained from German papers left behind in Kerman, Persia, and with German propaganda sent to the Amir of Afghanistan, the Maharaja of Nepal and various Indian rulers.The primary correspondents are: Government of the German Empire; War Office; British Consul General, Ispahan; British Resident, Nepal; Government of India.The volume contains several items in German (ff 48-49 and 178-98), copies of some of the documents captured in Kerman. The full list of documents captured is at ff 167-75.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 246; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The volume concerns German remittances to Persia, and the Foreign Office's efforts to stop and prevent these.The volume covers:Transmission of money from Amsterdam to Tehran, to be used for German propaganda during the First World War, via Imperial Bank of Persia.Various German attempts to remit money to Shiraz via French, Dutch, and British banks, for the use of the German Legation at Tehran.Correspondence intercepted and individuals suspected, at Bombay and in Persia.Black list of Persian firms with whom trading is prohibited (ff 209-211).Financial transactions between Persia and India.Black list of Persian individuals accused of trading with enemy firms (f 136).Restitution of sums confiscated after the end of the War.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Murray Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; L Robertson and John Edwin Clapham Jukes, Secretaries to the Government of Bombay; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Alfred Hamilton Grant and Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Secretaries to the Government of India; Arthur Hirtzel, Leonard Day Wakely, India Office; William Henry Lucas, Commissioner in Sind; Foreign Trade Department; War Trade Department; Government of India, Department of Commerce and Industry; H C B Mitchell, Custodian of Enemy Property at Bombay; George Newell, Imperial Bank of Persia Manager; the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking; Heyn, Franc & Co; Klemantaski, Bates & Co.There are some letters in French, from the French Embassy in London.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 351; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-349; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This volume contains minutes, letters, memoranda, and reports relating to articles, pamphlets, and newspapers identified as promoting anti-British propaganda by officials and diplomatic representatives of HM Government in Qajar Persia [Qājār Iran]. The papers notably cover the following subjects:The punishment, encouraged by Britain and often violent and severe, of members of the press in Persia by the Persian Government, including incidents involving the editors of the Tehran press (probably a reference to the
Shafagh Sorkh[
Shafaq-i Surkh]) and the newspapers
Hayat[
Ḥayāt] and
Toofan[
Ṭūfān]Objections made to the Central Zionist Committees in Persia and Palestine concerning the anti-British tone of the Jewish newspaper,
Hahaim[
Ha-Ḥayīm], which 'ostentatiously refrained' from endorsing celebrations for the approval of the 'Palestine Mandate' by the League of NationsThe pilgrimage to the Shrine [of Imām Mūsá al-Riz̤āʾ] at Meshed [Mashhad] made by two leading Shiah [Shīʿah] mujtahids [Islamic legal authorities] who had been expelled from British Iraq, their anti-British activities and publications, as well as their surveillance by the British with the help of officials of the Persian Government and religious leaders in the regionDiscussion of the question of British diplomatic withdrawal as a response to anti-British activities and public sentiment, including how this might affect their vested interests, particularly in oil and bankingThe position of the Qajar Prime Minister Kawam-es-Saltaneh [Aḥmad Qivām Qivām al-Mulk Qivām al-Salṭanah] and his attitudes towards the Bolshevik [Soviet] presence and influence in PersiaThe proposal for a pro-British propaganda campaign in Persia, funded by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and designed to counter what is considered to be Soviet-sponsored anti-British sentiment in much of the country's pressThe use by anti-British propagandists in Shiraz of the 'extremist press' of [British] India, such as the newspaper
Zemindar[
Zamīndār], published in Lahore; British efforts to prosecute the paper's editor and proprietor, as well as suppressing its importation into PersiaThe critical response to, and parody of, a speech about Persia given by Lord Curzon in the House of Lords on 26 July 1921, in a pamphlet, written in French, entitled 'Setareh Iran: Curzon et la Perse' (folios 159-175)Discussion by British officials of the coverage in the Persian-language newspaper
Sitarah-e-Iran[
Sitārah-yi Īrān; also written as,
Sitara-i-Iran,
Setare-i-Iran, and
Sétareh Iran] of the Swadeshi campaign to boycott British-made goods, championed at the time by Mr Ghandi [Mohandas Gandhi].Correspondents mainly include: Political and Secret Department, India Office; Prime Minister, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Persia; Minister of War, Government of Persia; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for India, London; HM High Commissioner, Baghdad; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Tehran; Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Tehran and London.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and file number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.