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551. Mss Eur F111/359

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/359
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
This file is formed of two parts, both comprising a set of papers collected by George Nathaniel Curzon during his term as Viceroy of India. The larger set of papers (Mss Eur F111/359/1) contains copies of reports and correspondence relating to Britain’s interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 1905
Extent:

1 file (531 folios)

552. Mss Eur F111/359/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/359/1
Title:
‘Persia – especially Seistan’
Scope & Content:
This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf. It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 1905
Extent:
1 file (475 folios)

553. Mss Eur F111/359/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/359/2
Title:
‘Confidential. Persia’
Scope & Content:
This part consists of a printed summary of British policy regarding Persia, from 1834 to 1904, featuring extracts from Foreign Office correspondence. Also included are extracts from speeches given in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Under-S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

554. Mss Eur F111/360

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/360
Title:
‘Bagdad Ry’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Baghdad Railway, and papers relating to Britain’s relations with Persia [Iran], and to a lesser extent, the Persian Gulf. Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway include the following memoranda: ‘Memorandum on the Baghdad R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Apr 1899-9 Sep 1905
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)

555. Mss Eur F111/361

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/361
Title:
A Ceremonial Illuminated Letter in Persian and a Kharita
Scope & Content:
The file contains two letters (f 1 and ff 2-4), a paper envelope (f 5), and a two piece pouch envelope (un-foliated). The first letter (f 1) is referred to as khat (standard letter). The letter is a personal one and it is sent by Abdur Rahman Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan (1880-1901) to Lord Geo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
11 Aug 1895-23 Jan 1899
Extent:

1 file (5 folios and a two piece pouch envelope)

556. Mss Eur F111/361, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/361, f 1
Title:
A Ceremonial Illuminated Letter
Scope & Content:
The item includes a letter (f 1), which is referred to as khat (standard letter). The letter is a personal one and it is sent by Abdur Rahman Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan (1880-1901) to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon. It is dated 19 Safar 1313 which is given as 11 August 1895. In the letter, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1895
Extent:

1 letter (1 folio)

557. Mss Eur F111/361, ff 2-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/361, ff 2-5
Title:
Kharita
Scope & Content:
The item includes a letter (ff 2-4) referred to as murasaleh (a type of letter), a paper envelope (f 5) and a two piece pouch envelope. These items together are called Kharita. Kharita is an official letter from a paramount power, usually sent in an elaborate silk cover and received with great c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1899
Extent:

Kharita (a ceremonial illuminated letter, a paper envelope, and a two piece pouch envelope)

558. Mss Eur F111/362

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/362
Title:
Report on the Baluch-Persian Caravan Route and Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts
Scope & Content:
Report by Lieutenant Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Karachi at The Commissioner's Press, 1897. The report concerns the proposal to secure the trade route between Nushki, in what was at the time British territory, and Nasirabad [Zabol] in the Seistan [Sistan] regio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

559. Mss Eur F111/363

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/363
Title:
'Report of Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh, Attaché to the Agent to the Governor General of India and Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for Khurasan and Sistan, on His Journey from Meshed to Quetta via Turbat-i-Haidari, Kain, Sistan, Kuh-i-Malik Siah and Nushki (7th April to 28th July 1898)'
Scope & Content:
Report by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh on his journey from Meshed to Quetta in 1898. The report starts with a description of the circumstances that gave rise to the journey and the preparations before departure (folios 12-17). The main body of the report consists of his account of the journey, writ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:

1 volume (74 folios)

560. Mss Eur F111/364

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/364
Title:
Report on the Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts for the year 1897-98 and on the Development of The Quetta-Seistan [Sistan] Trade Route
Scope & Content:
Report by Lieutenant Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Karachi at The Commissioner's Press, 1898. The annual report concerns the conditions and administration of the region and the development of the Quetta-Seistan trade route and follows on from Ware's similar repor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:

1 volume (72 folios)