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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/787-790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/787-790
Title:
Mesopotamia: Railways and Lines of Communication Policy
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub-series consist of correspondence, notes, and maps relating to rail, river, and road transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during and immediately following the First World War. The papers cover matters of construction, conversion, maintenance, costs, supply, and personnel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1917-Dec 1920
Extent:
4 files (639 folios)

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125
Title:
Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
The volumes are Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

2 volumes, 2 items (57 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 461-464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 461-464
Title:
Euphrates ValleyRailway
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 215 of 1870, dated 15 October 1870,containing an enclosure dated 13 August 1870. The enclosure consists of a copy of a report bythe Political Agent, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], on the details ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1870
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 213
Title:
‘Persia and Afghanistan’
Scope & Content:
The map shows Persia and Afghanistan, and those parts of the surrounding countries which border Persia and Afghanistan. It includes a table of reference which indicates how features including the following are shown on the map: railways (including those under construction or projected), roads,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167
Title:
‘Iraq, Map Shewing Railways
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the railway network in ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing railway lines, with standard and metre gauges indicated, and railway stations and water stations. The map also shows main cities and settlements, the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab, and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, lake...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1941
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/MM13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MM13
Title:
‘MONTHLY MEMORANDA. PERSIA. 1906-07’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India’s Foreign Department in relation to affairs in Arabia from January 1906 to December 1907. The memoranda are divided into sections, the most common of which are: ‘Aden’, ‘Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]’ and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1906-31 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 volume (196 folios)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/2/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/154
Title:
File 1/A/33 I Site for Residency at Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the proposed transfer of the Persian Gulf Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, specifically the choice of a suitable site in Bahrain; the estimated costs involved; and the eventual selection of a site at Busaitin adjoining the Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground on Muharraq Isla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1933-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

10. IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/10/847 (iii)
Title:
MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
Scope & Content:
Plan indicating the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad. The plan indicates railway lines, settlements, roads, hydrology and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. Below the plan is a list of references for the various lines and markings. Scale not given.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1918
Extent:
1 plan