Letters and Papers from Various People on a Number of Matters Mostly Relating to Persia
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The file contains correspondence from a number of diplomats, army officers, political officers, explorers, orientalists, journalists, businessmen, and Persian notables, many of which are personal friends of Lord Curzon. Correspondents include: Lieutenant Herbert John Coningham, army officer and...
Correspondence and Papers on Various Matters Relating to Persia
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The file contains correspondence from a number of political officers, civil servants, writers, journalists, army officers, businessmen, and engineers. Correspondents include: Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, former Governor of Bombay; Albert Houtum-Schindler, former employee o...
Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to railway projects in Persia [Iran] and the surrounding region. The papers deal with the proposals for, planning, and progress of, several railway lines, including one from the Mediterranean to India, the Trans-Persian Railw...
This file concerns British policy regarding Persia (and, to a lesser extent, British interests in Mesopotamia). It is largely composed of printed memoranda by George Curzon and other senior British politicians. Also included is a significant amount of related letters and despatches, as well as p...
Map showing the locations of existing and projected railway gauges across the Middle East and surrounding regions. The map is appended to a War Cabinet report entitled 'Railway Policy in Relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East'.