'Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf'
- Creator:
- Author: Committee of Imperial Defence
- Date:
- 1909/1909
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings:First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie.Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay.Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd.Fourth Meeting, 17 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Louis William Dane.Fifth Meeting, 19 March 1908. Evidence of Mr P Thomas and Mr G Lloyd.Sixth Meeting, 25 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch, and Major J A Douglas.Seventh Meeting, 30 March 1908. Evidence of Sir William Lee-Warner, and Colonel Charles Edward Yate.Digest of Evidence in Order of Witnesses.Digest of Evidence by Subjects.Appendices:Appendix 1. Terms of Reference.Appendix 2. Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Office, Confidential (9161).Appendix 3. Supplementary Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Office, Confidential (9404).Appendix 4. Lights and Buoys required at Ports in the Persian Gulf. Statement by the Director of Naval Intelligence.Appendix 5. The Provision of Wireless Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf. Statement by the Director of Naval Intelligence.Appendix 6. The Cost of the Proposed Lighthouses at Ras Musandim.Appendix 7. Trade and Shipping in the Persian Gulf. Memorandum by the Director of Naval Intelligence.Appendix 8. Memorandum on the Position of British Trade in the Persian Gulf. Prepared in the Board of Trade.Appendix 9. Memorandum by Mr H F B Lynch, MP.Appendix 10. The Nushi-Seistan Railway Project. The Bunder-Dilam-Shiraz Railway Project. Extracts from a report by Lieutenant L E Hopkins.Appendix 11. Memorandum handed to M Isvolsky, 14 October 1908.Appendix 12. British and German Shipping in the Persian Gulf. Memorandum prepared in the Board of Trade.Maps:Folio 76. Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim Peninsula).Folio 87. Sketches of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab, compiled from various authorities.Folio 118v. Map of Mohammerah and district prepared in 1850. Shows the proposed Turkish, Persian and mediating Commissioners' lines.Folio 152. Sketch Maps to Shew Railways in Asia Minor.Folio 153. Map showing the Persian Gulf and adjacent countries.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence (xi, 297pp, 5 maps).
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Railways
Railway construction - Geographic region:
- Mesopotamia
Persia
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000b7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000b7_en
IOR/L/PS/20/263
IOR/L/PS/20/263