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IOR/L/PS/18/C37
- Record Id:
- 040-000563680
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000074
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025538958.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C37
- Title:
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'Karun River: Note by Sir O St John'
- Scope & Content:
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The memorandum — written by Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John — offers a differing opinion to that offered by Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (see IOR/L/PS/18/C35) and Walter Baring (see IOR/L/PS/18/C36) on the Karun [Kārūn] River project. It argues that both have overestimated the difficultly in overcoming the natural obstruction at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], which would open the upper river to light steamers. It also argues against funding the construction of carriage roads in Persia in favour of light railways and mule roads.
Included in the memorandum are two tables showing the height of various ascents along both the Shuster [Shūshtar]-Isfahan [Eşfahān] and the Bushire-Shiraz routes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563680 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C37 : Karun River: Note by Sir O St John - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0041]/040-000563680
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000074
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1882
- Date Range:
- 26 Oct 1882
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 138 and terminates at f 139, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)