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1. Mss Eur F111/58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/58
Title:
Correspondence and Papers on Persia
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of notes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence received and compiled by George Nathaniel Curzon, on the subject of Persia. The file is largely concerned with possible routes for a proposed overland telegraph line between India and Europe. Also discussed is Russia's inte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1876-Jul 1892
Extent:

1 file (64 folios)

2. Mss Eur F111/68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/68
Title:
'MISCELLANEOUS. PERSIA 1882-1898: Maps, Government Papers etc.'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of a range of material compiled by George Nathaniel Curzon, mainly concerning matters relating to Persia but also relating to other areas in south Asia. It includes the following: Three copies of an official memorandum by Curzon (writing as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
1889-1923
Extent:

1 file (99 folios)

3. Mss Eur F111/350, f 187

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/350, f 187
Title:
‘Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
The map shows telegraph lines in Persia [Iran]. It includes a key indicating the lines and symbols on the map, which correspond to the following: telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and the Indo-European Telegraph Company; Persian Administration telegraph lines; British Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 map

4. Mss Eur F111/352

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/352
Title:
'Seistan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to Seistan [Sistan] and Persia [Iran]. The file includes printed copies of despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General of India and HM Consul-General for Khorasan and Seistan (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Martindale Temple), to the Secretary to the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1899-4 Apr 1904
Extent:

1 file (388 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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