This item includes letters, reports and memoranda on the construction of railways in South Persia. It includes a survey by Lieutenant Arnold T Wilson of the Mohammerah - Khoremabad railway and discusses the attitude of the Shaikh of Mohammerah towards railway construction. This file includes t...
The map shows the port of Basra and the location of various buildings including the British consulate, German Agency, Turkish naval hospital and quarantine ships in the Shatt al-Arab waterway.
This part is comprised of correspondence relating to the loan of officers from the Government of India to the War Office. It includes (ff 13-29) 'List of Civil Officers lent by the Secretary of State to other Government Departments in connection with the War'. Sixth Edition (Revised to 1st Mar...
This part comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Shiraz consulate accounts. The correspondence discusses the office allowance and submission of the consulate accounts for the year 1924-25. It includes tables (ff 365-69) of statements of expenditu...
This part contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the Britain and Persian ...
‘TRAFFIC CHART OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPTT:’
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This black and white print of a hand drawn diagram shows telegraph lines and submarine cables of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. It indicates the following: circuits fitted for duplex working; circuits worked by wheatstone automatic transmitting receiving and repeating apparatus; circu...
Map of Railways and Main Roads in Persia and Mesopotamia
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A Stanford Geographical Establishment map of existing railways, projected railways, and main roads in Persia and Mesopotamia, with additional roads connecting Kasr-i Shirin [Qasr-i Shirin] to Senna [Sahneh], Tabriz, Resht [Rasht], and Meshed [Mashhad] marked in blue pencil