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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/808
Title:
'Intelligence Mesopotamia'
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of various telegrams on railways between the Director of Military Intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief India, the General Officer Commanding Mesopotamia, and the Caucasus Military Agent during the period July-November 1917. Principal subjects of discussion are: the exte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Jul 1917-10 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3278
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 35. PART I. (From 1st to 15th June 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 15 June 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Sep 1915-15 Jun 1917
Extent:
1 volume (209 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/12
Title:
File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of the Hedjaz [Hijaz] Railway. The correspondence discusses a number of different aspects of the railway including its route, the progress of its construction and donations made towards its constru...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1901-1908
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/199
Title:
File 42/1912 ‘TRANS-PERSIAN RAILWAY’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains notes by India Office officials, as well as their correspondence with Foreign Office officials and others, about the formation in Paris in 1912 of La Société Internationale d’Etudes du Chemin de fer Transpersan, which is also referred to as the Société d’Etudes for the Trans-P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 May 1911-4 Oct 1912
Extent:

1 volume (326 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/246
Title:
File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns proposals for the construction of a British-owned railway between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad] in Persia. The papers include: the response of the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the Government of Persia, and the Government of Russia to the proposals; an India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Oct 1911-25 Nov 1912
Extent:

1 volume (194 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/271
Title:
File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/332
Title:
File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memoranda, correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding railway constructions in Persia, focussing on the line planned between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad, Iran]. The subjects covered are: the leasi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
27 Nov 1912-14 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3409
Title:
Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’
Scope & Content:
Reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings from the British press, relating to construction work on the Trans-Persian Railway, intended to run from Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman] in the north of the country, to Bandar Shapur [Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni] a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jun 1931-18 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

9. Mss Eur F111/69A

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/69A
Title:
Foreign Office Papers: Persia
Scope & Content:
This item comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], covering geopolitical, political, economic, social and cultural matters. The despatches are dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897. The first page of each despatch includes the heading ‘ASIA. CONFIDENTIAL.’ on the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Dec 1891-30 Jun 1897
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)