Letter from the former HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in St Petersburgh, to the Secretary to the East India Company, Joseph Dart
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Letter from the former HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], to the Secretary to the East India Company, Joseph Dart, of 10 March 1828, which was received on 25 April 1828. Originally enclosed were copies of two dispatches from Edward Cromwell Di...
Copy of a Letter from Sir Keith Alexander Jackson, near Meana, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
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Copy of a letter from Sir Keith Alexander Jackson, near Meana [Mianeh], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 18 February 1828. The letter concerns the delivery of reparations payments to Russia as part of the peace treaty negotiated to e...
Pencil sketch showing the border region between Iraq and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates the Karun and Bahmanshir rivers, the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Shatt al-Arab, and the towns of Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and Basrah [Basra]. A red pencil line indicates the border...
Coll 29/88 'Conditions of life at the consular posts at Kerman and Bandar Abbas: reports'
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The file contains reports on the conditions of life at the consular posts at Kerman and Bandar Abbas, sent to the Foreign Office by the British Consulate at Kerman and Bandar Abbas.
The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908
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The sketch map shows the progress of railway construction in China in 1908. It is marked with open railways and those proposed and under construction, and includes southern Siberia, and Mongolia. It is used to accompany a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter...
'Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia, 1874'
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The volume, marked 'Strictly Confidential', is Collection of journals and reports received from Captain the Hon. G C Napier, Bengal Staff Corps, on special duty in Persia. 1874. It was printed in London by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1876....
This map shows Turkey where it is included in Asia and indicates the boundaries between Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia and the Old Frontier. The map also indicates relief with contours. The map includes a printing statement which reads '(B 16479) WT 18378-212.5050.10/20.H&S,LTD.'
File 161/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa Oxide.'
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The volume concerns the disputed concession for the mining of red oxide on the island of Abu Musa [Abū Mūsá]. The main correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Viceroy. The pa...
File 332/1912 'Sokotra: looting of the Kuala; Development of Socotra'
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The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and minutes relating to the looting of the SS Kuala by inhabitants of Socotra following its grounding off the coast of the island in November 1911. Some of the correspondence is included as enclosures, sometimes in the form of printed collect...
