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Subject River navigation Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

41. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/3
Title:
No. 1. Concession pour la Navigation sur le Tigre et l'Euphrate.
Scope & Content:
The item consists of a concession for navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which sets out terms and conditions. It was signed by the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and Baron Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay) – on behalf of the Secretary of State for India, on 12 Dece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Dec 1913
Extent:

1 item (7 folios)

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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)

47. IOR/L/PS/20/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130
Title:
Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1911
Extent:

1 volume (43 folios)

48. 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)

49. IOR/L/PS/20/C242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C242
Title:
‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Persian Arabistan affairs.’
Scope & Content:
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Persian Arabistan affairs. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1903 by the Government of India Fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1903
Extent:

1 volume (65 folios)