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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Railways Place Koweit, Middle East, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/18/B165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B165
Title:
Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905
Scope & Content:
The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons. The r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1905
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B166a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B166a
Title:
Collection of papers respecting the attitude of His Majesty's Government in regard to the Bagdad Railway and the Purchase of Land at Koweit (amended version)
Scope & Content:
The document, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, is a collection of letters and dispatches from 3 March 1904 to 16 September 1907, between the India Office and the Government of India on the purchase of land in Kuwait for the Baghdad Railway.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1907
Extent:

1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/59
Title:
File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government: The discussion in the volume relates to: appointment of the Political Agent, Kuwait; visit of HM Consul, Basra; customs and railway negotiations; the Angl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1904-6 Apr 1916
Extent:
1 volume (189 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/63
Title:
XXII/8 Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include: the visit of engineers to survey German alignment; Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48); the draft Anglo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1910-21 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

5. Mss Eur F111/169

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/169
Title:
‘1899. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1899, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900?
Extent:
1 volume (157 folios)

6. Mss Eur F111/170

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/170
Title:
‘1900. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.’
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January to 31 December 1900, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. The start of the volume contains a detailed index of names, pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901?
Extent:

1 volume (168 folios)

7. Mss Eur F111/172

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/172
Title:
1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, pla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903?
Extent:

1 volume (202 folios)

8. Mss Eur F111/356

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/356
Title:
Publications, Newspaper Cuttings, Photographs and Correspondence about Persia and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly printed publications, newspaper cuttings and photographs, relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf. It includes a few items of correspondence, including letters to George Nathaniel Curzon relating to the Trans-Persian Railway, and Russian influence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
14 Oct 1891-Sep 1911
Extent:

1 file (436 folios)