‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf).’
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The chart shows the land on the south coast of the Strait of Hormuz as far south as Dabai [Dubai] and Khor Fakan [Khor Fakkan], and the surrounding water. Soundings (depths) are indicated by the numbers shown, and relief on land is indicated by hachures. The chart bears the printing statements...
The sketch map shows the route from Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh in Persia [Iran]. The map includes hydrology, brief descriptions of topography, and some indication of relief. The map bears the printing statements ‘I.B. Topo. Dy. No. 5,102. Exd. W.P., April 1904.’, ‘(Sd.) E.B. Burton, Muhammerah, J...
This part consists of a printed summary of British policy regarding Persia, from 1834 to 1904, featuring extracts from Foreign Office correspondence. Also included are extracts from speeches given in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Under-S...
The file contains correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Baghdad Railway, and papers relating to Britain’s relations with Persia [Iran], and to a lesser extent, the Persian Gulf. Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway include the following memoranda: ‘Memorandum on the Baghdad R...
The map depicts the mouth of the Shatt El Arab waterway with soundings in feet. It includes a diagram of the settlement of Fao, the location of the 'Turkish Fort', and the telegraph station. The scale is stated as 1/97,280 or 1.535 statute miles to the inch. An arrow indicates magnetic north. ...
The map depicts Koweit [Kuwait] harbour and indicates soundings in feet. It also shows a diagram of Koweit [Kuwait] and indicates the location of the 'Sheik's House' as well as boats, docks, fish traps, trees, and also an area of mud and rock labelled 'El Akkaz'. A note below the title states: ...
A Ceremonial Illuminated Letter in Persian and a Kharita
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The file contains two letters (f 1 and ff 2-4), a paper envelope (f 5), and a two piece pouch envelope (un-foliated). The first letter (f 1) is referred to as khat (standard letter). The letter is a personal one and it is sent by Abdur Rahman Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan (1880-1901) to Lord Geo...
The item includes a letter (ff 2-4) referred to as murasaleh (a type of letter), a paper envelope (f 5) and a two piece pouch envelope. These items together are called Kharita. Kharita is an official letter from a paramount power, usually sent in an elaborate silk cover and received with great c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
Kharita (a ceremonial illuminated letter, a paper envelope, and a two piece pouch envelope)
Report on the Baluch-Persian Caravan Route and Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts
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Report by Lieutenant Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Karachi at The Commissioner's Press, 1897. The report concerns the proposal to secure the trade route between Nushki, in what was at the time British territory, and Nasirabad [Zabol] in the Seistan [Sistan] regio...
'Report of Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh, Attaché to the Agent to the Governor General of India and Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for Khurasan and Sistan, on His Journey from Meshed to Quetta via Turbat-i-Haidari, Kain, Sistan, Kuh-i-Malik Siah and Nushki (7th April to 28th July 1898)'
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Report by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh on his journey from Meshed to Quetta in 1898. The report starts with a description of the circumstances that gave rise to the journey and the preparations before departure (folios 12-17). The main body of the report consists of his account of the journey, writ...
