'Book No 197. Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] & Miscellaneous'
Date:
1857/1861
Description:
Abstract: The volume contains letters sent and received by the Resident at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones and by Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Commanding Resident's Escort. Correspondents include the India Office in London, the Government of Bombay, H M Minister at the Court of Persia.The main subject is the construction of an overland telegraph line from Constantinople to Baghdad, to be extended to Karachi.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The numbering 1-58 covers all pages of writing.