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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Railways Name Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782-1968

1. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 244-248
Title:
Political No. 150 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter from HM Minister at Teheran to Earl Granville, Explaining Why he Believes the Completion of a Railway between the Caspian and Teheran would be Fatal to the Independence of Persia
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 30 September 1873, forwarding copies of a letter from the Minister at Teheran [Teh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1873-30 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/57
Title:
File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1903-1907. The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1910
Extent:
1 volume (391 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/59
Title:
File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912. The correspondence concerns three broad topics: Anglo-Turkish negotiations proposals of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1912
Extent:
1 volume (333 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/60
Title:
File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to a negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1912-1914. The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1914
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/160
Title:
File 3874/1908 'Railways:-Trans-Persian Railway.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence, despatches, memoranda, notes and reports on the proposed construction of the Trans-Persia railway which would link the European and Indian railway systems. The economic and strategic considerations of the construction of a railway linking Calais, Berlin, Bagh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1911
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/10/166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/166
Title:
File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia. Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir [Deir ez-Z...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1908-1911
Extent:
1 volume (182 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/177
Title:
File 1702/1910 Pt 1-2 'Railways: Persia. Persian Railway Syndicate'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and maps, relating to the two topics contained in the volume on railway development in Persia. The first topic is the Khoremmabad-Dizful-Mohammerah railway and the survey required to assess its practicability and probable cos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
1 volume (401 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/307
Title:
File 4345/1912 'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports, a press cutting and a map, relating to the connection of the railway system of Europe to the railway system of India by the construction of railway lines through Persia. The discussion in the volume...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1913
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/316
Title:
File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire. The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1916
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/51
Title:
PZ 2246/1932 'Communications between London and the Middle East'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to communications between London and the Middle East. It mainly consists of copies of correspondence sent to the India Office from the Foreign Office. This largely consists of copies of correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Apr 1932-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)