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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3474
Title:
Coll 28/69 ‘Irrigation Projects in Sth Persia. Reports by Major W. R. Morton R.E. inc. Suggestion of Sir L. Howarth’
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to proposals for irrigation schemes in Persia [Iran], and specifically for the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] in the southwest of the country. The contents of the volume can be divided into two parts, as follows: Correspondence dated 1933-34 (ff 141-240) concerning a request made by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1933-23 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (242 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/384-388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384-388
Title:
File 26: Arabistan and Luristan
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain correspondence, reports, maps, and memoranda relating to British interests in the Arabistan [Khūzestān] and Luristan [Lorestān] provinces of south west Persia following their political and commercial penetration of the region in the late nineteenth-century. The documents cove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1905-1946
Extent:

5 volumes (1073 folios)

3. IOR/X/3188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3188
Title:
'Survey of the River Karun from its junction with the Shat el Arab below Mohameerah to about 20 Miles above Ahwaz - from Ismaeenah [Ismailia a, Iran] upwards'
Scope & Content:
Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately 20 miles north-east of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] downstream approximately 170 miles to its confluence with the Shat el Arab [Shatt al Arab] (spelled Shat al Arab on the map face) at Mohameerah [Khorramshahr] (also spelled Mohamerah o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:

1 map sheet