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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Baring, Walter, Diplomatic Service, 1844-1915 Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library

1. 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

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C38
Title:
Report on a journey to Shuster, Dizful, Behbehan, and Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a report of Walter Baring's journey from Ispahan [Eşfahān] to Shuster [Shūshtar], Dizful [Dezfūl], Behbehan [Behbehān], and Shiraz; he was accompanied on this journey by Captain H Wells, Royal Engineers, and the Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Government Telegra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1882
Extent:

14 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C39
Title:
'Memorandum on the route from Burujird to Dizful by Khoramabad '
Scope & Content:
The memorandum describes the road between Burujird [Borūjerd] and Dizfil [Dezfūl], via Khoramabad [Khorramābād]; the author is Walter Baring. The information provided is a summary of statements made by Albert Houtum-Schindler in a paper submitted to the Berlin Geographical Society. A number of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1882
Extent:

3 folios

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