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6271. 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)

6272. 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)

6273. 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)

6274. IOR/L/PS/18/C137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137
Title:
Memoranda on Persia: (a) Gendarmerie, (b) [Anglo-Persian] Loan, (c) Shiraz, (d) Meshed [Mashhad]
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following memoranda: C137A 'Gendarmerie', f 40; C137B 'Loan', ff 41-42; C137C 'Shiraz', ff 43-46; C137D 'Meshed', ff 47-51. The memoranda are written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1913
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

6275. IOR/L/PS/18/C137A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137A
Title:
Gendarmerie
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with progress towards the establishment of a Gendarmerie in Southern Persia; its cited purpose being to protect trade on the Ispahan-Shiraz-Bushire Road.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
1 folio

6276. IOR/L/PS/18/C137B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137B
Title:
Loan
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with a recent Anglo-Russian advance of £100,000 to the Persian Government, and outlines proposals for a future loan. It considers various conditions that the Russians have declared that they wish to attach to the additional loan, which the author considers onerous.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
2 folios

6277. IOR/L/PS/18/C137C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137C
Title:
Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines how circumstances in Southern Persia have led to the British reinforcing their consular guards at Bander Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bushire, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Kerman. The focus is on reinforcement of the guard at Shiraz, and in particular, an attack on a British carav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
4 folios

6278. IOR/L/PS/18/C137D

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137D
Title:
'Meshed'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with the Russian bombardment of the Shrine of Imam Reza in March 1912 at Meshed [Mashhad], and the presence of Russian troops in Khorrassan. It also touches on the desire of the British Government to have the ex-Shah Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar removed from Persia. It al...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
5 folios

6279. IOR/L/PS/18/C139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C139
Title:
'Memorandum respecting Expenditure on British Consulates in Persia'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum examines the increases in expenditure — borne by both the Imperial and Indian Governments — on British consulates in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1905
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6280. IOR/L/PS/18/C141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C141
Title:
'Memorandum on possible methods of Purchasing or Leasing the Islands in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines two forms by which islands in the Persian Gulf may be purchased from Persia, and three possible methods by which the islands may be leased instead; each proposal includes an estimate of the cost. It does not specify which islands the British hope to acquire by the proposed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1914
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

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