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21. IOR/L/PS/18/B76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B76
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Claim of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to use Barges on those Rivers as a matter of "right"
Scope & Content:
This file is a Foreign Office memorandum regarding the right of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam-ship Company to sail their barges on those rivers, written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. The file contains a summary of negotiations between the British and Ottoman Governments and as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (8 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/18/B77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B77
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Conveyance of English Mails on the River Tigris
Scope & Content:
This file is a short memorandum that summarises the legal situation regarding the right of English mail ships to sail on the Tigris River. The memorandum was written by Foreign Office Librarian, Edward Hertslet. On folio 106 the file contains an extract from a letter (from an Ottoman Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 volume (2 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/18/B78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B78
Title:
Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates by British Merchant-Vessels
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence related to the right of British Merchant-Vessels to use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This correspondence is primarily between British officials but also includes copies of letters between Ottoman officials including one letter in French (ff 11...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
5 May 1881
Extent:

1 volume (5 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/18/B195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B195
Title:
Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Aug 1883
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/18/B199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B199
Title:
'MEMORANDUM RESPECTING THE NAVIGATION OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.'
Scope & Content:
Memorandum, written by Richard William Brant and Edward Parkes of the Foreign Office, Apr 1913 regarding navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The memorandum is divided into four parts: Historical Memorandum respecting the navigation of the Mesopotamian rivers. The memorandum describes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1913
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/18/C34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C34
Title:
Notes on Tours in Persia in 1881: the natural obstruction to the Navigation to the Karoon River at Ahwaz as seen 1st December 1881
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of notes and observations on the navigability of the Karoon [Kārūn] river supplied by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, with a particular focus on Ahwaz [Ahvāz]. It also supplies a few suggestions for possible improvements.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1881
Extent:

2 folios

27. IOR/L/PS/18/C35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C35
Title:
'Karun River: Memorandum by Sir H Rawlinson'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson's opinion that the importance of opening up the Karun [Kārūn] River to steam navigation has been vastly overstated; the difficulties outweigh the potential benefits. It also includes some discussion of the overland routes into Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1882
Extent:

1 folio

28. IOR/L/PS/18/C36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C36
Title:
'Karun River: Memorandum by Mr Baring'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a response from Walter Baring to Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson's argument that the potential benefits of opening up the Karun [Kārūn] River to steam navigation are outweighed by the potential problems (see IOR/L/PS/18/C35). It argues that the Karun River scheme should not be com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1882
Extent:

2 folios

29. IOR/L/PS/18/C37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C37
Title:
'Karun River: Note by Sir O St John'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — written by Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John — offers a differing opinion to that offered by Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (see IOR/L/PS/18/C35) and Walter Baring (see IOR/L/PS/18/C36) on the Karun [Kārūn] River project. It argues that both have overestimated the difficultly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1882
Extent:

2 folios

30. IOR/L/PS/18/C52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C52
Title:
Note on a Railway for Southern Persia, by Colonel E.C.S. Williams, C.I.E., R.E.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a note written by Colonel Edward Charles Sparshott Williams, Deputy Government Director of Indian Guaranteed Railway Companies, in which the author assesses the practicalities and costs of constructing a number of alternative proposed river and rail routes, designed to impro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1886
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)