Abstract: The volume contains copies of correspondence, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran] in 1808.The papers reflect the purposes and practicalities of the mission and cover the following matters:Jones’s progress from England to Bushire [Būshehr, in this volume also written Abusheher, Abushehr and Busheer] via Funchal, Cape Town, and Bombay [Mumbai]The purpose of, and uncertainty caused by, another diplomatic mission to Persia under Brigadier-General John Malcolm and sent by the Governor-General, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound]Relations between France and Persia, specifically British fears regarding the presence and influence of a French Embassy in Teheran [Tehran, in this volume also written Tehraun]The mission of Captain Charles Pasley, Malcolm’s Secretary and sometime Acting Envoy, to Shiraz [in this volume also spelled Sheraz, Shirauz, Sherauz, and various other spellings] and failure to open negotiations with the Persians (folios 114-121 comprise extracts from Pasley’s journal)Discussion of the terms of any agreement to be made with the Persian GovernmentPolitical and social affairs within Persia, both locally and nationallyThe presence of Russian and French diplomatic agents in PersiaEuropean politics, specifically the closing of Portuguese ports to British shipping following the former’s alliance with France during the Napoleonic WarsRequests for money and details of costs from Jones.Principal correspondence is from Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia, to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control. Enclosures, which constitute the bulk of the volume, include correspondence between Jones; Lord Minto, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William; Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Government of India Envoy to the Court of Persia; and Captain Charles Pasley, Malcolm’s Secretary and sometime Acting Envoy. Further correspondence, sometimes in summary form, is between Jones; Meerza Sheffee [Mirza Muhammad Shafi Mazandarani], Grand Vizier of Persia; Nasr Oolah Khan [Nasrallah Khan], Chief Minister of Fars; Prince Hoossein Ally Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], Governor of Fars; Jaafer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], ‘Native Agent’ [a non-European employed by the British as a representative and broker, among other things] in Shiraz; and Mohammed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī], Governor of Bushire [in this volume, also written Abusheher, Abushehr, Busheer]. Other correspondents include Claudius James Rich, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 462; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.Pagination: the file also contains multiple original pagination sequences.The sequence contains two foliation anomalies, at f 242 and f 433a.
Abstract: This file contains documents that discuss various financial claims of the British Government of India and the Government of Iran against one another. Most of the claims were made between 1942 and 1948. The claims are the result of loss of either lives or property of Iranians living in India or British-Indian subjects living or working in Iran. However, the majority of the papers relate to a particular episode of violence against the Iranian community in Bombay during 1946, and include two letters from the Iranian Consul General in India and the Iranian Ambassador to the UK.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains a series of military and intelligence reports names the 'Eastern Report' that provides a basic overview of operations across a variety of geographic areas outside the Western Front between 1917 and 1919. Printed for the War Cabinet, the reports cover both intelligence and actual warfare, as well as unfolding diplomatic situations across various parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. Important personalities and heads of states are mentioned as subject headings in the reports.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 765; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The volume relates to domestic and foreign affairs in Khorassan [Khorasan], as observed by British representatives based in Meshed [Mashhad, also known as Mashad or Meshad]. It comprises two parts as follows:IOR/L/PS/10/972/1: Part 1, ‘Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-22’ (ff 177-716)IOR/L/PS/10/972/2: Part 2, ‘Meshed Consular Diaries 1921-22’ (ff 1-176).Each intelligence summary or consular diary, or group thereof, is preceded by a Political Department Minute Paper which includes the document Register number and the subject title and which are often annotated by various officials commenting on or highlighting particular topics that are covered in the summary/diary. The summaries and diaries are printed documents with the exception of a few summaries which are typescripts.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, 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 end 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 716; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional foliation/pagination sequences are also present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out between ff 177-716. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading flyleaf and the ending flyleaf.