MOUTH OF THE EUPHRATES SHATT AL ARAB AND BAHMISHIR RIVER
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A map indicating the locations of four conical buoys and three cask buoys at the mouth of the Shatt Al Arab River. The buoys are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin. The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 1235, 'Re-published at the ...
A map indicating the locations of four buoys and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoys and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin. The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 20, 'Published at the Adm...
A map indicating the locations of two conical buoys and one cask buoy in Kuweit Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoys are marked in manuscript with a corresponding arrow drawn in the right margin. The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 22, 'Published at the Admiralty ...
A map indicating the locations of one buoy and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoy and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin. The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 3380, 'Published at the Admi...
A map indicating the location of one buoy in the vicinity of Kishm in the Persian Gulf. The buoy is marked in manuscript on an inset map entitled 'Kishm and Parts Adjacent', with corresponding arrows drawn in the upper and left margins. The base map on which the buoy is indicated is Admiralty c...
File 1329/1910 'Persia: Imperial Bank (Seistan Branch)'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports and accounts relating to a subsidy arranged for the Imperial Bank of Persia in May 1903. The subsidy was paid by the Government of India and related to the establishment of the Imperial Bank of Persia branch ba...
File 1702/1910 Pt 1-2 'Railways: Persia. Persian Railway Syndicate'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and maps, relating to the two topics contained in the volume on railway development in Persia. The first topic is the Khoremmabad-Dizful-Mohammerah railway and the survey required to assess its practicability and probable cos...
This item includes letters, reports and memoranda on the construction of railways in South Persia. It includes a survey by Lieutenant Arnold T Wilson of the Mohammerah - Khoremabad railway and discusses the attitude of the Shaikh of Mohammerah towards railway construction. This file includes t...
File 1702/1910 Pt 2 'Railways: Persia; Persian Railway Syndicate'
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This item includes correspondence relating to the financial structures for railway development in Persia including the impact of manouveres by Great Britain and Russia and the increased likelihood of Persia gaining access to outside borrowing.
Correspondence discussing membership of the Tehran Sanitary Council, including concerns over German subjects in the nominal service of foreign governments (Norway, the Netherlands) and their tendency to promote German policy. The correspondence details the approaches to the Greek and Belgian gov...