'Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office'
- Date:
- 1898/1898
- Description:
- Abstract: The file consists of a letter from Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister at Tehran to the Foreign Office, introducing an enclosure from Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes regarding the proposed telegraph line from Kerman to India, dated 22 September 1898. Sykes details the potential starting points for the new line at either Ispahan [Isfahan] or Kashan, assesses the geography and climate of alternative routes, outlines his experience traversing route sections, and provides recommendations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 71, and terminates at f 72, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Telegraph lines
- Geographic region:
- Kerman
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000df_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000df_en
IOR/L/PS/18/C91
IOR/L/PS/18/C91