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71. IOR/L/PS/18/C133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C133
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — signed by Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Chief of the Indian General Staff — considers whether Britain should accept Russian demands that the proposed Trans-Persian Railway should be routed via Kerman. It examines the potential strategic advantages to Russia, the consequent pote...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1913
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

72. IOR/L/PS/18/C137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137
Title:
Memoranda on Persia: (a) Gendarmerie, (b) [Anglo-Persian] Loan, (c) Shiraz, (d) Meshed [Mashhad]
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following memoranda: C137A 'Gendarmerie', f 40; C137B 'Loan', ff 41-42; C137C 'Shiraz', ff 43-46; C137D 'Meshed', ff 47-51. The memoranda are written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1913
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

73. IOR/L/PS/18/C139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C139
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Expenditure on British Consulates in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum examines the increases in expenditure — borne by both the Imperial and Indian Governments — on British consulates in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1905
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

74. IOR/L/PS/18/C141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C141
Title:
'Memorandum on possible methods of Purchasing or Leasing the Islands in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines two forms by which islands in the Persian Gulf may be purchased from Persia, and three possible methods by which the islands may be leased instead; each proposal includes an estimate of the cost. It does not specify which islands the British hope to acquire by the proposed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1914
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

75. IOR/L/PS/18/C143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C143
Title:
Letter (Secret No. 27) from Austen Chamberlain to Charles Hardinge, Governor General of India in Council, with enclosures
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a copy of a letter from Austen Chamberlain to the Governor General of India and its enclosures. The purpose of the letter being to forward recent discussion — within the British Government — concerning the defence of the oil fields and pipelines of the Anglo-Persian Oi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

76. IOR/L/PS/18/C145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C145
Title:
Political Situation in Persia, the North-West Frontier, Afghanistan, and Aden
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is divided up into four sections and a conclusion. The first (folios 125-130) provides an update on the political situation in Persia, and considers how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to British interests, with specific updates on the following places: Isfanhan [Eşfahān], Fars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1916
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

77. IOR/L/PS/18/C149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C149
Title:
'Persian Expenditure: the "half and half" arrangement'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief outline of the development of the 'half and half arrangement'; the principle by which British expenditure in Persia was divided between the British (UK) and British Indian Exchequers. It notes situations where the question of this division has emerged between 1901...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

78. IOR/L/PS/18/C150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C150
Title:
Telegraph Lines in Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report, which is attributed to Hermann Anderson Haines, Secretary, Public Works Department, and which provides a brief account of a number of agreements reached between the Government of India and the Persian Government (and between the Government of India and HM Treasury...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

79. IOR/L/PS/18/C152

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C152
Title:
Quetta-Seistan Railway
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report by the Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain], which is addressed to the Prime Minister [Herbert Henry Asquith]. The report concerns a proposal, made by the Commander-in-Chief in India [Sir Beauchamp Duff], to extend the Quetta–Nushki railway to S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1916-4 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

80. IOR/L/PS/18/C153

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C153
Title:
Bunder Abbas – Kerman Railway
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, written by Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston], discusses a proposed Bunder Abbas–Kerman railway line. Curzon considers the possible diplomatic, commercial and strategic motives for constructing the railway line. Curzon argues that if the line h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1916
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)