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81. IOR/L/PS/18/C130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C130
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway: Minute by the Marquess of Crewe
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of short minute by Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (Marquess of Crewe and Secretary of State for India), which argues against the construction of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

82. IOR/L/PS/18/C131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C131
Title:
Memorandum by Mr. Parker respecting Railway Construction in Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether British participation in the proposed Trans-Persian Railway would be in Britain's interests. To this end it considers possible advantages/disadvantages to British trade, finance, and her strategic/political interests. The appendix (folio 32) contains an extract ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

83. IOR/L/PS/18/C133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C133
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway
Scope & Content:
The memorandum — signed by Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Chief of the Indian General Staff — considers whether Britain should accept Russian demands that the proposed Trans-Persian Railway should be routed via Kerman. It examines the potential strategic advantages to Russia, the consequent pote...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1913
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

84. IOR/L/PS/18/C176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C176
Title:
‘[Persia and Persian Gulf] Concessions (existing and prospective, in which the Political Department has been interested recently)’
Scope & Content:
This file contains handwritten (and in one case, typewritten) notes on a number of concessions relating to Persia and the Persian Gulf, in which the India Office's Political Department held an interest. The concessions are listed at the beginning of the file as follows: 1. Euphrates and Tigris n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1913
Extent:

1 file (16 folios)

85. IOR/L/PS/20/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1903
Extent:

1 volume (55 folios)

86. IOR/L/PS/20/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/263
Title:
Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings: First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie. Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay. Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd. Fourth Meeting, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1909
Extent:

1 volume (162 folios)

87. IOR/L/PS/20/C250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C250
Title:
Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)
Scope & Content:
A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 file (60 folios)

88. 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

89. IOR/L/PS/20/CA1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA1
Title:
'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS RECEIVED FROM INDIA 1861.'
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1861. The letters are dated 1 January 1861-29 December 1861. The abstracts are numbered 183-301 and each have one of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1861-29 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (323 folios)

90. IOR/L/PS/20/CA2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/CA2
Title:
‘ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1862.’
Scope & Content:
Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1862. The letters are dated 3 January 1862-31 December 1862. The abstracts are numbered 1-140 and each have one of the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1862-31 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 volume (374 folios)