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1271. IOR/L/PS/20/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/249
Title:
A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

1272. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

1273. IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2
Title:
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume is Volume I, Part II (Historical) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood. Part II contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 volume (1165 pages)

1274. IOR/L/PS/20/C169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C169
Title:
Southern Nejd: Journey to Kharj, Aflaj, Sulaiyyil, and Wadi Dawasir in 1918.
Scope & Content:
Harry St John Bridger Philby's account of his journey in the southern regions of the Najd, published for the Arab Bureau by the Government Press in Cairo, 1919. The journey was taken in May to June 1918 while the author was in Riyadh for the purpose of maintaining relations with Ibn Sa‘ud [‘Abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)

1275. IOR/L/PS/20/FO39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO39
Title:
'TRAFFIC IN ARMS IN THE PERSIAN GULF, &c. 1880-98 & 1899-99'.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains copies of two publications: ‘Part I. Correspondence respecting Trade in Arms in Persia, Muscat, &c. 1880-1898’ ‘Part II. Further Correspondence respecting the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, &c. 1898-99.’ These publications were printed for the use of the Foreig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 May 1880-22 Dec 1899
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

1276. IOR/L/PS/20/199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/199
Title:
A note on survey work in Persia, and survey instruments and equipment.
Scope & Content:
This note was compiled by Captain Charles Monk Gibbon (Division of the Chief of the Staff), and relates to survey work in Persia. Gibbon discusses the survey instruments and equipment which should be used, and offers advice on how to better undertake survey work in the area, for example, by appe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

1277. IOR/L/PS/20/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C149
Title:
Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E
Scope & Content:
This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D". The details of the reports are as follows: 1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

1278. IOR/L/PS/20/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/7
Title:
Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report on Fars (a province of Persia) was written by Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson, Deputy Civil Commissioner in the Indian Political Department (General Staff Branch), and was published in Simla at the Government Monotype Press. The volume is divided into subject sectio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (196 folios)

1279. IOR/L/PS/20/228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/228
Title:
'Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia, 1874'
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked 'Strictly Confidential', is Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874. It was printed in London by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1876....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:

1 volume (194 folios)

1280. IOR/L/PS/20/C243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C243
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:

1 volume (46 folios)