Abstract: Chart 35.Hydrographic chart covering the port of Basiduh [Basaidu] on Qeshm Island, Persia [Iran]. Also depicts the western part of Clarence [Khuran] Strait, the Persian Gulf and a fifty-mile length of the Persian mainland coast. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands, mud, rocks and anchorages, relief by spot heights, hachures and rock drawings, vegetation, cultivation, settlements, public buildings and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including beacons and prominent buildings. The sheet also includes an inset of Basiduh Anchorage at scale 1:60,500 and an annotated sketch view, at an unspecified scale, of the approach to Basiduh from the south-east.The margins have been trimmed, with some information lost.Chart surveyed by Commander Charles Golding. Constable, Indian Navy, and assisted by Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe, Indian Navy, 1858-60. Soundings in 'hair line' from a survey by Commander George Barnes Brucks and Lieutenant Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Indian Navy, 1828. Engraved by Edward Stanford. Published at the Admiralty 1867, with corrections 1868 and 1869.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 457 x 625mm, on sheet 484 x 643mm
Abstract: This volume is about the construction of railways in Persia [Iran] and negotiations between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the acquisition of islands in the Persian Gulf. It contains material relating to:The Persian Government’s interest in attracting American capital for the construction of railways in PersiaThe amount due from the Persian Government to the Persian Railways Syndicate LimitedA proposal from the Persian Railways Syndicate to connect the Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Isfahan-Tehran railway linesThe proposed re-alignment of the railway from Bagdad [Baghdad] to the Persian FrontierThe advantages, from a British perspective, of a railway line from Qaraitu [Quraitu] to TehranA proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey the route between Hamadan or Kermanshah and DizfulA proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey the Bagdad-Khanikin [Khanaqin] line with a re-alignmentA proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey a section of the existing line between Bagdad and QuraituA proposed re-alignment of the Mesopotamian [Iraqi] section of the Bagdad-Tehran RailwayThe assistance from British military authorities in Mesopotamia to surveyors of the Persian Railways SyndicateThe arrival of two Belgian engineers, de Kock and de Ronck, in Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to PersiaThe construction, by the Persian Railways Syndicate, of a railway between Hamadan and TehranThe approval of the agreement between the Persian Railways Syndicate and the Persian GovernmentThe views of Major-General Percy Zachariah Cox on the construction of railways in PersiaThe negotiations between Sir Ernest William Moir (of Pearson and Son and the Persian Railways Syndicate) and the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs [Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawlah] on railway construction in PersiaThe application of Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited for a railway concession in PersiaThe negotiations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company with the Persian Government toward a railway concessionThe position of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on the acquisition of Abadan and Kishm [Qeshm].Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 313; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume consists of correspondence primarily between Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Other correspondents included in the volume are Major-General Lionel Smith; Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay; James Henderson, Secretary to the Bombay Government; Captain Deschamps; and Andrew Jukes. Translations of correspondence with Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat are also included.The subject matter of the material is centred around the abandonment of Raʼs al-Khaymah, the establishment of a garrison on the Island of Qeshm, the suppression of piracy in the Gulf, a failed British joint expedition with the Imam of Muscat against the Banī Bū ‘Alī tribe in Oman, and the removal of Captain Thompson from his post for the aforementioned failure; the subsequent, more successful, follow-up expedition against the Banī Bū ‘Alī tribe is also covered.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts with the first page of text and runs through to the last folio. It is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This sequence has been used to construct the references at item level, and for internal referencing.Pagination: A pagination system is also present, which runs folios 22-275, though there are gaps in the sequence; these numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.