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2841. IOR/L/PS/10/88/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/1
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 1 ‘Mesopotamia:- Euphrates + Tigris S. N. Co.; Mail contract’
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the volume comprises correspondence relating to, as well as draft copies of (ff 325-327, ff 338-341, ff 384-386) an indenture for the renewal of the concession agreed between the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (ETSNC) and the British Government, for the conveyance of mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:

1 item (72 folios)

2842. IOR/L/PS/10/88/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/88/2
Title:
File 3531/1905 Pt 2 ‘Mesopotamia:- Navigation of Tigris + Euphrates; Euphrates + Tigris Steam Navigation Co; Hamidieh Co.’
Scope & Content:
Part 2 of the volume is comprised of copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the proposed merger of the Turkish-Government-operated Hamidieh Steamship Company and the British company, the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as the Lynch Company, ETSNC). ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1911
Extent:
1 item (315 folios)

2843. IOR/L/PS/10/89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/89
Title:
File 379/1906 'Railways: Aden; railway construction in Aden hinterland; Aden-Lahej Railway'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and notes, relating to proposals for the construction of a steam railway between Aden and its hinterland from 1904. The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1904-3 Apr 1922
Extent:
1 volume (150 folios)

2844. IOR/L/PS/10/89, f 114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/89, f 114
Title:
Map of the Proposed Railway from Aden to Nobat Dakim
Scope & Content:
The map shows the path for a proposed railway to be built from Aden to Nobat Dakim [Nawbatal-Dakim, Yemen; identified four miles north of Al'Anad but not corresponding to any place]. The map was zincographed by the Vandyke Process at the Survey of India Offices, in Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1906
Extent:
1 map

2845. IOR/L/PS/10/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/91
Title:
File 952/1906 'Persian Gulf: murder of Bahrainese near Katif'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the murder of a relative of the Shaikh of Bahrain by the al-Murrah tribe near Katif. Correspondence discussed how it was necessary to persuade the Government of Turkey to take action given the jurisdiction of the Sublime Porte on the coast of Arabia. In similar vein the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1906
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

2846. IOR/L/PS/10/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/100
Title:
File 2818/1906 'Persia: Seistan disturbances and consular guard'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence which discusses a serious disturbance in Seistan in which a crowd attacked the British Consul over measures taken to limit the outbreak of plague. The dispatch of Indian Army troops to the town is discussed in the context of a consideration of the efficacy of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1909
Extent:
1 volume (165 folios)

2847. IOR/L/PS/10/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/101
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officers, reporting on the arms traffic along the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. Their correspondence contains numerous reports, such as that discussing the illicit traffic of arms. Correspondents include Sir Harold Arthur D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

2848. IOR/L/PS/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/102
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

2849. IOR/L/PS/10/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/104
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 1 'Persia: telegraphs; Seistan telegraph lines; Meshed-Seistan; Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad-Koh i Malik Siah; proposed exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the construction of telegraph lines in Persia. Issues discussed include the implications for Britain's relations with the Persian government and how influence could be achieved. Also discussed is the British strategy for negotiating with the Russians who held a sphere of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1916
Extent:
1 volume (422 folios)

2850. IOR/L/PS/10/104, f 109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/104, f 109
Title:
Diagram 1 and Diagram II
Scope & Content:
A technical drawing showing the linkage between the telegraph line, the tapping wire and the receiver.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 folio

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