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941. IOR/L/PS/18/C110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C110
Title:
'Question of a Loan to Persia.'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of a number of notes authored by the following: Sir Hugh Barnes, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, Sir John Edge, and Sir William Lee-Warner; all members of the Council of India. The notes discuss whether or not Britain should advance a further loan to Persia, and what concessions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1905-17 Jan 1906
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

942. IOR/L/PS/18/C119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C119
Title:
Cable Communication: Landing Rights for the Cables of the Indo-European Telegraph Department in Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns various agreements — between the British and Persian Governments — relating to telegraphic communications between India and Europe via Persia. It outlines the landing rights that the Indo-European Telegraph Department has at Bushire and Jask. It also includes copies of a ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1900
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

943. IOR/L/PS/18/C120a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C120a
Title:
'Memorandum as to Persian Government Loans'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines a number of loans and advances made to the Persian Government by Britain and Russia respectively at the turn of the twentieth century; this includes information on the securities pledged by Persia to meet repayments. It also covers British concerns over the definition of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1910
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

944. IOR/L/PS/18/C120b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C120b
Title:
'Second Memorandum as to Persian Government Loans'
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a continuation of a previous memorandum dated 17 October 1910 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120a). The memorandum summarises a number of major loans made by the British to the Persian Government from 1910-1912: this therefore includes summaries of the following: the Persian Government 5%...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1912
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

945. IOR/L/PS/18/C120c

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C120c
Title:
'Persian Government Loans'
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a continuation of a previous memorandum dated 27 November 1912 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120b). The memorandum provides a summary of two significant loans made to Persia in 1913: a joint Anglo-Russian Advance of £400,000, and an Anglo-Indian advance of £100,000 for the purpose of set...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1913
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

946. IOR/L/PS/18/C121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C121
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Current Events in Persia for the Years 1906 and 1907'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum concerns events in Persia, and diplomatic exchanges (predominantly between Britain and Russia) related to Persia, during 1906 and 1907. More specifically it covers the following topics: proposals by the Dutch engineer Graadt Van Roggen for a Karun irrigation scheme, and objections...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Dec 1907
Extent:

1 file (34 folios)

947. IOR/L/PS/18/C122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C122
Title:
'Memorandum on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of proposals for railways in Persia between 1872 and 1911. This includes discussion of the potential advantages/disadvantages (both commercial and political) for the British in the construction of railways in Southern Persia, and the potential threat posed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1911
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

948. IOR/L/PS/18/C124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C124
Title:
'Note on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods: 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry; 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1911
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

949. IOR/L/PS/18/C125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C125
Title:
'Memorandum on the Situation in Southern Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of policy proposals for ensuring the security of British subjects in Persia from 1905-1912. This includes the consideration of the following: the dispatch of a force from India to occupy parts of Southern Persia, an increase in the strength of consular gua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1912
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

950. IOR/L/PS/18/C128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C128
Title:
'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1913
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

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