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1. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 300-322
Title:
Sending Iron Steamers on Board the Urania for Service on the Euphrates and Tigris
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 123 of 1839, dated 20 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee on the subject of sending iron steamers from England on board the merchant ship Urania for service on the rivers Eup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/610-615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610-615
Title:
File 73: Routes and Railways in Persia and Arabia
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, maps, newspaper cuttings, and other documents relating to the planning and building of the Baghdad Railway and its extension to Basra. Questions addressed within the files are those of ownership and control (contested between Germany, Britain, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1911-1919
Extent:

6 files and volumes (1107 folios)

3. IOR/X/3174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3174
Title:
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:

1 map sheet