The rough sketch map shows the Ajer [Aker] inlet on the Persian Gulf, in the region of El Hasa [Al-Hasa, or Al-Aḥsāʾ, in what is now Saudi Arabia]. It includes brief descriptions of topography and water depth. The map bears the printing statements ‘I.B. [Intelligence Branch] Topo. Dy. No. 1,...
‘Sketch Map Showing Police Outposts in the Euphrates Valley on the Road from Baghdad to Aleppo.’
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The map shows the Euphrates river, from north of Maskanah to south of Baghdad. The names of police posts along the river valley are underlined with a single line, and the names of towns with regular garrisons are underlined with a double line. The map also shows part of the Tigris river. The m...
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, ...
This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf. It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee ...
The map shows the tail waters of the Helmand river. The map features a key indicating the coloured areas of the map which correspond to the following features: irrigated and cultivated lands; high ground plains probably not commandable; land once irrigated by the Helmund river; lands liable to b...
‘Plan Shewing Proposed Routes for a Railway from Nushki to Afghan Frontier near Robat’
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The blueprint plan shows proposed routes for a railway from Nushki to the Afghan frontier near Robat. The plan includes a key, indicating that the yellow line shows the line of the march of the Seistan Boundary Commission, the red line shows the proposed railway line in Baluchistan territory, an...
‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf).’
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The chart shows the land on the south coast of the Strait of Hormuz as far south as Dabai [Dubai] and Khor Fakan [Khor Fakkan], and the surrounding water. Soundings (depths) are indicated by the numbers shown, and relief on land is indicated by hachures. The chart bears the printing statements...
The sketch map shows the route from Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh in Persia [Iran]. The map includes hydrology, brief descriptions of topography, and some indication of relief. The map bears the printing statements ‘I.B. Topo. Dy. No. 5,102. Exd. W.P., April 1904.’, ‘(Sd.) E.B. Burton, Muhammerah, J...
This part consists of a printed summary of British policy regarding Persia, from 1834 to 1904, featuring extracts from Foreign Office correspondence. Also included are extracts from speeches given in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Under-S...
The file contains correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Baghdad Railway, and papers relating to Britain’s relations with Persia [Iran], and to a lesser extent, the Persian Gulf. Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway include the following memoranda: ‘Memorandum on the Baghdad R...
