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51. Mss Eur F111/359

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/359
Title:
Persia
Scope & Content:
This file is formed of two parts, both comprising a set of papers collected by George Nathaniel Curzon during his term as Viceroy of India. The larger set of papers (Mss Eur F111/359/1) contains copies of reports and correspondence relating to Britain’s interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 1905
Extent:

1 file (531 folios)

52. Mss Eur F111/367

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/367
Title:
Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line
Scope & Content:
Report by William King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department. Printed at the Commissioner's Press, Karachi, 1899. The report is an investigation of proposed routes for the Central Persia Telegraph Line and is based on a journey undertaken by the author from Shiraz to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)

53. Mss Eur F111/377

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/377
Title:
Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra
Scope & Content:
A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

54. Mss Eur F111/535, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/535, f 17
Title:
Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in PERSIA.
Scope & Content:
Sketch map of Persia showing telegraph lines (in black); and British (red) and Russian (green) consulates general, consulates, and vice consulates, as described in a key in the bottom right hand corner of the map. The map forms part of a letter from Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, HBM's Minister at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
1 map

55. Mss Eur F231/31, ff 36-47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 36-47
Title:
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (7 March 1857, Numbers 12-13; 18 March 1857, Numbers 63-67; and 19 March 1857, Numbers 68-72). The amount of detail for each entry varies. The summaries mostly concern: troops, ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1857
Extent:

1 item (12 folios)