Abstract: Map showing parts of Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Baluchistan. Produced and published by the Survey of India, the map is the second edition of a map that was first compiled in 1897. The map indicates boundaries, wells, springs, and lakes, as well as hills and mountains. Additional lines have been added in crayon to emphasize existing boundary lines, as well as to show settlements, routes and roads. First published in March 1900, and republished with a corrected boundary in October 1902.Physical description: Materials: Printed in coloured ink with manuscript annotations in pencil and crayonDimensions: 464 x 800mm, on sheet 711 x 891mm
Abstract: Map showing parts of eastern Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan. Produced and published by the Survey of India, this is the third edition of the map, following on from the second edition, which was compiled in 1894. The map indicates boundaries and hydrology, and provides some indication of relief.Physical description: Materials: Printed in ink on paperDimensions: 497 x 828mm, on sheet 710 x 961mm
Abstract: Map showing parts of eastern Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan. Produced and published by the Survey of India, this is the second edition of a map that was first compiled in 1892.The map indicates boundaries, settlements, and hydrology, and provides some indication of relief.Physical description: Materials: Printed in ink on paperDimensions: 494 x 823mm, on sheet 711 x 984mm
Abstract: This document describes an interview between Brigadier-General MacLean and the Shah of Persia [Iran] at Brighton in 1889. The discussion centres on whether Hashtadun [Hashtadan] belongs to Persia or Afghanistan. The division of old water canals between the countries is suggested as a compromise which may settle the dispute.Please note that Major-General Charles Smith Maclean is mistakenly referred to as Brigadier-General J Maclean in the document.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences and terminates at f 14 as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, is circled, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.
Abstract: The memorandum provides a brief outline of the development of the 'half and half arrangement'; the principle by which British expenditure in Persia was divided between the British (UK) and British Indian Exchequers. It notes situations where the question of this division has emerged between 1901 and 1914.At the front of the memorandum (folio 144) is a covering letter dated 21 June 1916 from Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Political Department, India Office, addressed to Sir Thomas William Holderness, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.The author of the memorandum is H W Garrett.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 144, and terminates at f 149, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (folio 3) states that the volume has been updated on the basis of reports received in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia in August 1941.The volume comprises details of sixty-five routes, listed on the contents page, between various towns and cities in Persia. Details given for each route include:an overview (distance, number of stages, references to maps);a general report (classification of route, surface and grading, character of adjacent country, climatic effects, exceptional features, repair and supply facilities, water, fuel, fodder and grazing supplies);a detailed report (villages and other landmarks encountered, road classifications, distances).A handwritten annotation on folio 5 (author unknown) states that ‘distances are somewhat overestimated throughout this report.’ The volume includes a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 246).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 247; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 24 December 1845.The item relates to requests made to the Government of Bombay by Abul Hassan Khan Sherazee [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shirāzī], Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Shah of Persia [Iran]. Citing a similar arrangement that the Government had with the Persian Prince Futteh Oollah Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Khān], he requests that the Government will become trustees of any property he has remaining in the Government's treasuries at the time of his death and will take on the role of executors of his will. He also requests that, after his death, the Government will continue to pay half of his pension to his surviving sons.The requests are considered and discussed by: the governments of Bombay and India; W C Bruce, Accountant General, Bombay; and the Court of Directors. Details on the arrangement with Prince Futteh Oollah Khan are also included, as well as details of the original arrangement for Abul Hassan Khan Sherazee’s pension which was agreed in 1810.The item contains two versions of Abul Hassan Khan Sherazee’s will. The first, dated 8 January 1842 and forwarded by Sir John McNeill, HM Envoy at the Court of Persia, can be found at folios 679-681. The second, dated 4 May 1843 and forwarded by Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, can be found at folios 692-695.There are multiple spellings for Abul Hassan Khan Sherazee within the item.The majority of the item’s contents date from between 1842-45, with the exceptions of a few extracts quoted from letters dating from 1810.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5196, Draft 323/46, Coll[ection] 7’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 144’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 668, and terminates at f 705, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file consists of a report which discusses ways in which Britain might protect its interests in Persia. The report, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary to the Political Department, India Office, begins by stressing the importance of Britain taking an active interest in affairs in Persia, since events there may have an impact on Britain's position in India.Shuckburgh opines that Persia, as a body politic, is in the last stages of decay and decomposition, and he describes how the country has been used as a base for anti-British agitation in Afghanistan and elsewhere.Whilst noting that the British occupation of Baghdad in March 1917 appeared to redress the balance of power in the East in Britain's favour, Shuckburgh argues that the Russian revolution has upset all calculations; he remarks that Russia has ceased to be an effective ally against German and Turkish threats to Britain's presence in Persia and may in fact become a potential enemy.Shuckburgh suggests that Britain requests that the Persian Government takes steps to protect the North-West frontier of Persia (with an offer of British military assistance), whilst making it clear that if prompt and effective action does not appear to be forthcoming then Britain will take certain measures in accordance with its own interests in the East.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 120, and terminates at f 121, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 3 September-19 November 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan, including:Persian [Iranian] threats to re-take control of Bender Abbass [Bandar Abbas] from the Imam of MuscatPersian claims on Mohammera [Khorramshahr] and negotiations with the Ottoman Empire over their rights ‘to collect taxes and maintain soldiers’ thereOther events related to Persian-Ottoman border disputes, including the construction of an Ottoman fort at Katoor [Qotur] and Persian occupation of the island of Mehalleh [Minu] in the Shat ool Arab [Shatt al-Arab]Clashes between the Governor of Asterabad [Gorgon] and the Turkoman population of the province, including the damming of rivers to divert water away from Turkoman areasThe appointment of the Shah’s brother [‘Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār] as Governor of Koom [Qom]An application to the Persian Government for redress after a British subject travelling from Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] to Muscat aboard a Persian ship was beaten and robbed by the crew because he was JewishReported intrigues against Syed Mahomed Khan [Sayyid Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy, Governor of Herat] and attempts to persuade him to accept Persian sovereigntyThe pillaging of Ghorian [Ghurian] and capture of its Governor by forces of the Sheikh of Merve [Merv]Restrictions and increased tariffs on exports from Bushire [Bushehr], particularly of wheat and horses, imposed by the Governor, and British complaints to the Persian Government (particularly after the seizure of a British vessel) leading to the Governor being summoned to TehranThe removal of Meerxa Tekkee Khan [Mīrzā Taqī Khān Farāhānī, also known as Amīr Kabīr], the Ameer Nizam [Amir-e Nezam], as Prime Minister, and the appointment of Meerza Aghan Khan [Mīrzā Āqā Khān Nūrī], the Itimad-ood-Dowleh [I‘timād al-Dawlah].The primary correspondents are: the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Persia; the Prime Minister of Persia; the Foreign Minister of Persia; the British Embassy, Constantinople [Istanbul]; and the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (138 folios)
Abstract: The item consists of extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Letter, extracts from the Government of Bombay Political Consultations, and copies of correspondence and minutes regarding the transmission to Persia [Iran] of a diploma constituting Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza Qajar], the Prince Royal of Persia, an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society. The primary subjects are:• Instructions given to Cornet (later Lieutenant) Thomas Baillie Hamilton of the 1st Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry, who was selected to transmit the diploma, and arrangements for Hamilton’s travel and expenses• The extra expenses incurred by Hamilton as a result of ill health, which forced him to extend his time in Persia, and losses caused by a shipwreck in the Gulf during his return voyage to Bombay [Mumbai].The correspondence also mentions intelligence of Russian activity in Turkish Armenia, brought by Hamilton in the course of his journey to Persia.The primary correspondents are: Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay; William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay; and Cornet Hamilton.The item also contains a contents page (f 15) listing the collected documents and giving their page numbers within the item.The title page (f 14) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 783’, ‘Draft 477’, ‘Collection No. 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1830’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 14, and terminates at f 45, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by spot heights and shading, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, pipelines, cultivation, settlements, place names, water sources and international boundaries. Sheet bears the series designation Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2563.Verso bears the annotation 'Lower Mesopotamia'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colourDimensions: 558 x 572mm, on sheet 752 x 668mm
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum and additional note by Lord Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, concerning British policy in Persia.It expresses Lord Mayo's opinion on Anglo-Indian foreign policy such as building relations of friendship, the maintenance of peace, and opposing the interference of any European power in Persia's affairs. Discussed are: boundary disputes, relations with Russia, and the suggested employment of Indo-British officers in the Persian service.The note describes the military force of Persia, and focuses on instances where British officers attached to the Persian army were forced to withdraw, which is used to demonstrate the need for a new system of external policy or internal military administration. It also includes extracts from Sir William Kaye's
Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Service of India. Vol. 2(London: A. Strahan and Co., 1867), on Major D'Arcy Todd who wrote on the treatment of British officers and the state of army affairs generally in Persia 1833-38.The file has been annotated with markings and comments on key words and points.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 137, and terminates at f 143, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.