Map showing the locations of existing and projected railway gauges across the Middle East and surrounding regions. The map is appended to a War Cabinet report entitled 'Railway Policy in Relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East'.
This file concerns British policy regarding Persia (and, to a lesser extent, British interests in Mesopotamia). It is largely composed of printed memoranda by George Curzon and other senior British politicians. Also included is a significant amount of related letters and despatches, as well as p...
