Despatch from Sir M. Durand respecting appointment of Additional Consular Officers in Persia
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The file consists of a despatch concerning the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia, from Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Minister at Tehran, to Robert Arthur Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury. Durand reiterates suggestions previously given in 1895 regarding the state of affa...
British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir A. C. Lyall
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The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall, member of the Council of Secretary of State for India, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) regarding British policy in Persia. It comments on the Government of India...
British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir D. M. Stewart
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The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Donald Martin Stewart, member of the Viceroy's Council, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) and a Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall dated 3 November 1899 (IOR/L/PS/18/C99) regarding British p...
Summary of information obtained during a recent journey through Central Asia and Chinese Turkestan. Lt-Col E F H McSwiney, 12 Oct 1899 Simla, Intelligence Branch, QMG Dept, Oct 1899
Notes of conversations with Khwaja Qazi Abul Hai, Envoy of His Highness the Ameer of Bokhara, to the Sultan, and now on his return journey to Bokhara. T H Thornton, 14-19 May 1873
Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy on Russian Ambitions in Eastern Persia
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The file consists of a Minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council regarding Russian ambitions in Eastern Persia. These include: the absorption of Persia, the connection of Russian territories by railway with the Indian Ocean, and the acquisition of a fort...