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13. 'ABSTRACT OF LETTERS FROM INDIA. 1864.'
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- Abstract: Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1864. The letters are dated 9 January 1864-31 December 1864. The abstracts are numbered 1-136 and each have one of the following titles:Abstract of Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Military Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Secret Letters Received from IndiaAbstract of Secret Letters Received from the Resident at AdenAbstract of Secret Letters Received from the Political Resident at AdenAbstract of Secret Letters Received from the Governor of the Straits SettlementsAbstract of Secret Letters Received from the Political Agent at Zanzibar.Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence included in the volume concerns events in British India, Affghanistan [Afghanistan], Bootan [Bhutan], Burmah [Burma or Myanmar], the Straits Settlements, Aden, Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the coast of East Africa, including:Revenue and expenditureFinances, including taxation, the issue of bullion and currency, and the Bank of BengalCommunications, including postal services and telegraph linesPublic works and transportation, including railways and trams, irrigation, river navigation, roads and viaducts, canals, forestry, steam shipping, lighthouses, land reclamation, harbour improvementsLegal affairs, including the establishment of courts, judicial appointments, legal reform and the salaries of High Court judgesThe retirements, dismissals and appointments of military and civil personnelThe pay and pensions of military and civil personnelMilitary affairs, including the recruitment and disbandment of military units, organisation and supply, military reform, the distribution of prize money, the reduction of the army, the sanitary commission for the reduction of disease in the army, and the issuing of Enfield rifles to ‘Native Troops’Internal affairs, including police forces, missionaries, and medical services and hospitalsEducation in India, including the funding for educational institutions and provisions for the education of ‘native females’The production of crops, particularly cotton and teaNaval affairs, including the reduction of the navy, the jurisdiction of the Royal Navy and the purchase of ships from the Anglo-Chinese SquadronThe military expedition against the ‘Sittana fanatics’ on the Punjaub [Punjab] frontierThe death of the incumbent Governor-General of India, Lord Elgin, and his replacement by Sir John LawrenceThe ongoing construction of the telegraph line between Britain and India, including through Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran]Affairs in the Gulf, including claims by the Persian Government over Charbar [Chahabar] and Guadur [Gwadar]The affairs of the Princely States, including finances, succession and issues of jurisdictionAffairs in Affghanistan, including the accession of the Ameer of Cabul [Amīr of Kabul], Shere Ali Khan [Shīr ‘Alī Khān], the dispatch of an envoy to Peshawur [Peshawar] requesting a treaty of alliance between Affghanistan and Britain, and the imprisonment of Sirdar Mahomed Afzul Khan [Sirdār Muḥammad Afḍal Khān] by the Ameer of CabulAffairs in the Straits Settlements, including shipments of arms from Singapore to China, ‘disturbances’ on the Malaya peninsula, and the affairs of the ‘Native States’ of the east coast of Sumatra, where Dutch influence is spreading‘Revolution’ in Abyssinia and the detention of the British Consul, Captain Charles Duncan CameronAffairs at Aden, including the dispute between the Sultan of Lahej, Fodhil [Faḍl IV bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], and ‘the old Foodlee Chief’, Ahmed Bin Abdullah [Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī, Sultan of Fadhli]; an attack on Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] by Aseerees [ʿAsīris]; and the sale of Little Aden to the BritishThe trade in enslaved people on the coast of East Africa, including efforts to deter the trade at Zanzibar, and the use of the French flag by tradersBritish relations with Bootan, including the military expedition against Bootan in retaliation for the treatment of the British mission to Bootan led by Ashley Eden [Duar War, 1864-1865].The primary correspondents are:The Government of India (Ecclesiastical, Educational, Financial, Foreign, General, Home, Indo-European Telegraph, Judicial, Legislative, Marine, Mekran Telegraph, Political, Public, Public Works, Railway, Revenue Departments)The Governor-General of IndiaThe Governor of the Straits SettlementsThe Political Resident, AdenThe Political Agent, Zanzibar.The abstracts were printed and bound in London, and each one includes the following colophon: ‘LONDON: Printed by GEORGE E. EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 447; 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 item also contains two original pagination sequences between ff 4-14 and ff 15-444.
14. 'ABSTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1863'
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- Abstract: Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1874. The letters are dated December 1862-December 1863. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from the Resident at AdenAbstracts of Letters received from the Resident at AdenAbstracts of Secret Letters received from the Governor of the Straits Settlements.Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence covers issues including:Military affairs, including: the deployment, organisation, transport, and supply of units; deployments of Indian troops in China; the despatch of troops to New Zealand [Invasion of the Waikato, 1863-1864]; and destitution among ‘Native’ [Indian] regimentsThe aftermath of the ‘Mutiny’ [Indian Uprising of 1857], including the communal reorganisation of military units, the distribution of the ‘Prize Funds’ of property looted by British forces, and proposed police reformsPublic works, including railways, canals, roads, irrigation, docks, and land reclamationRevenue and expenditureJudicial affairs, in particular the appointment of judgesFrontier affairs, including conflict with Cossyah [Khasi] resisters in the Cossyah and Jynteah [Jaintia] Hills on the Northeast Frontier, and an expedition against ‘Hindoostanee Fanatics’ [followers of Syed Ahmad Barelvi and rebel Sepoys] and allied tribes on the Northwest FrontierLand issues, including: changes to laws concerning the ownership and purchase of land; plantations of cash crops including coffee, tea, and cotton; the sale of ‘waste lands’; forestry; and religious endowmentsThe effect of high prices for raw cotton on Indian weaversEmigration from India to French coloniesCommunications issues, including postal services in the Persian GulfRelations of the Government of India with Burmah [Myanmar/Burma], Persia [Iran], Afghanistan, and Bootan [Bhutan]Affairs concerning Princely States, including pensions and stipends for local Rulers and questions of successionPay, pensions, recruitment, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishmentsBankingEpidemicsEducationArrangements for the abolition of the Indian NavyMonitoring of the ‘native’ press in BengalThe activities of rival colonial powers, including: the possible French colonisation of Little Aden and an agreement with the Chief of the Akrabi [‘Aqrabī Shaikhdom] to prevent this; planned French colonisation of Obokh [Obock]; and Dutch colonial expansion in SumatraAffairs in and around Aden Settlement, in particular relations with neighbouring states including the Foudtheli [Faḍlī] and Lahej [Laḥij] Sultanates; the slave trade, including anti-slavery treaties with the rulers of Maculla [Al Mukalla] and Shuhur [Al Shihr]; defences and public worksAffairs in East Africa, in particular an attack on British sailors at Cape Guardafui and subsequent relations with the Mijerteyn [Majertīn Sultanate]Affairs in Beloochistan [Baluchistan], including the construction of telegraph lines in Mekran [Makran] which is resisted by the Persian Governor of Bunpoor [Bampur], and a revolution in Khelat [Kalat] bringing Shere Dil Khan [Mīr Shīrdil Khān Balūch] to powerAffairs in and around the Malay Peninsula, including: a succession struggle in Pahang; the claims of Siam [Thailand] to sovereignty in Tringanu [Trengganu] and Kalantan [Kelantan]; and the arms trade in the Straits Settlements.The primary correspondents are:The Viceroy and Governor-General of IndiaThe Government of IndiaThe Government of BombayThe Resident in AdenThe Governor of the Straits Settlements.The abstracts were printed and bound in London, and each one includes the following colophon: ‘LONDON: Printed by GEORGE E. EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’Physical description: A detailed index of subjects, places and people mentioned in the correspondence is included on folios 444-454.
15. 'ABSTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1868'
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- Abstract: Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1868. The letters are dated 5 December 1867-11 December 1868.The abstracts are numbered 1-123 and each have one of the following titles:Abstracts of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Colonel Merewether, on Special Duty in AbyssiniaAbstracts of Letters received from AbyssiniaAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Zanzibar.Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence included in the volume concerns events in British India, Abyssinia [Ethiopia], Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Affghanistan [Afghanistan], Persia [Iran], Zanzibar, Oman and Muscat, and Aden, and covers the following subjects:Pay, pensions, and other personnel issues in the Indian Civil and Military establishmentsRevenue and expenditure, including income taxes, license taxes, disaster relief, and land revenue ratesCommunication, including postal services, and telegraph systemsPublic works and transportation, including railways, canals, roads, hospitals, ports, irrigation, jails, and lighthousesThe foreign relations of the Government of India, including with Persia, Burmah, Affghanistan , Muscat [Muscat and Oman], Abyssinia, and FranceEducation, including the Government of India’s support for use of vernacular languages in education, and financial support for female education in BombayBorder disturbances on the North-West FrontierEfforts by the British to repress ‘Wagheer outlaws’ in Kattywar [Kathiawar]Introduction of European freshwater fish into Indian waterwaysPayments, land grants, and tax reductions offered to British Indians for assisting the British during the Indian RevoltEvents in the Princely States, including British payments to rulers and ex-rulers, gifts sent to Queen Victoria, successions, visits of rulers to England, and the deposition of the Nawab of TonkProposals for the manufacturing of ordnance in IndiaProposals for the annexation of the Nicobar IslandsRescue of shipwreck survivors in the Andaman IslandsProposal for an expedition to the Andaman and Nicobar IslandsRussian activities in Affghanistan, Persia, and Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara]Turkish [Ottoman] activities at Maculla [Mukalla] and Shehur [Ash-Shihr], YemenFrench activities in Burmah, China, and YemenCivil war in AffghanistanA British treaty with the King of Burmah, ratified 26 November 1867The progress of an exploratory expedition to Western ChinaOpium production and exportation to ChinaEmigration of ‘Coolies’ to French GuianaThe British expedition to AbyssiniaDiscussion of possible locations for a quarantine station in the Red SeaIncrease of the stipend paid to the Foodlee [Faḍlī] Sultan by the BritishPayments to the Abdalee [Abdalī] Ruler for his support of the British against the FoodleeDisputes concerning the payment of a subsidy from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of MuscatDestruction of slave-trading vessels by the Sultan of ZanzibarNaval attacks by the Rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Abuthaby [Abu Dhabi] on the inhabitants of Gattar [Qatar]Retaliatory attacks by the Ruler of Guttar [Qatar] against BahreinPunishment imposed by the British on the Rulers of Bahrein, Abuthaby, and Gattar for their ‘breach of the peace at sea’, including the deposition of Shaikh Mahomed bin Khalifeh [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] of BahreinGrowing hostility between the Sultan of Lahej [Laḥij Sultanate] and the Sultan of Houshebi [Ḥawshabī Sultanate]Plans made by Syud Torkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to take the Sultanate of Muscat while living on a British stipend in Bombay [Mumbai]Capture of Muscat and deposition of Sultan Syud Salim [Sayyid Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] by Azan bin Ghias [Imām ‘Azzān bin Qays]Proposals for the creation of a dedicated British naval force in the Persian GulfDisputes between Persia and Muscat concerning the lease of the island of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and the ownership of the island of Angaum [Hengam]Proposal for the housing of the ‘Ming-Goon-Dine Prince’ [Prince Myingundaing of Burma] in Bhaugulpore [Bhagulpur] following an unsuccessful rebellion against the King of BurmaEscape from British custody and recapture of the ‘Myeng-Goon Prince’ [Prince Myingun of Burma]British ‘anti-piracy’ measures in the Mergui ArchipelagoOwnership of enslaved persons by British Indian subjects in ZanzibarAn embassy sent from Zanzibar to England to discuss the suppression of the slave tradeFrench naval bombardment and military occupation of Mohéli IslandExtracts from the 16 June 1868 and 30 June 1868 editions of the London Gazette, containing reports of the Abyssinian expedition.A detailed index of subjects, places and people mentioned in the correspondence is included on folios 484-502.The abstracts were printed and bound in London, and each one includes the following colophon: ‘LONDON: Printed by GEORGE E. EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.’The primary correspondents are:The Government of IndiaThe Governor-General of IndiaColonel William Lockyer MerewetherLieutenant-General Robert Cornwallis [Cornelis] NapierThe Political Agent at Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 505; 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 multiple original pagination sequences.
16. 'ABSTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM INDIA 1874.'
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- Abstract: Confidential printed abstracts of letters received by the India Office from the Government of India, and from senior officials in certain areas outside India, during the year 1874. The letters are dated November 1873-December 1874. The abstracts each have one of the following titles:Abstract of Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from BushireAbstracts of Secret Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from AdenAbstracts of Military Letters received from IndiaAbstracts of Letters received from Bushire and AdenAbstracts of Secret Letters received from Aden.Each abstract contains summaries of one or more letters from the specified source, each with a title giving the subject of the letter. Letters from India are divided within each abstract by the branch or department of the Government of India they originated from. The correspondence covers issues including:Revenue and expenditureAdministrative reports from individual provinces and territorial unitsPublic works, including railways, canals, and portsLand issues, including taxation, surveys, and plantationsFamine in BengalInternal affairs, including communal violence in Bombay [Mumbai]Affairs concerning Princely States, including internal administration and succession of local rulersTelegraphic communication, including a proposed telegraphic link with the Andaman Islands and issues affecting telegraph lines in Persia [Iran]Emigration from India to South Africa, British Guiana [Guyana], Mauritius and Réunion, the Straits Settlements, and the CaribbeanMilitary affairs, including frontier outposts, the supply and organisation of military units, and outbreaks of disease among troopsFrontier affairs, including a proposed campaign against the Duffla [Nyishi] tribes on the Northeast Frontier and negotiations with the Mahsud Wazir [Maḥsūd] tribe on the Northwest FrontierForeign relations of the Government of India, including: relations with Burmah [Burma/Myanmar], Siam [Thailand], Afghanistan, and Thibet [Tibet]; the missions of Thomas Forsyth and Robert Shaw to Yarkund [Yarkant]; and a proposed mission to Yunan [Yunnan Province]The activities of rival colonial powers, including French activity in Burmah and the Russian advance into Central AsiaAffairs in Afghanistan, in particular the rebellion of Yakoob Khan [Muḥammad Ya’qūb Khān, Governor of Herat] against his father Sher Ali [Shīr-’Alī Khān, Amīr of Afghanistan]Affairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including: the Zanzibar Subsidy paid by the Government of India to the Sultan Syud Toorkee [Turkī bin Sa’īd Āl Bū Sa’īd]; challenges to the rule of the Sultan from Syud Salem [Sālim bin Thuwainī Āl Bū Saʿīd] in Gwadur [Gwadar], Saleh bin Ali [Ṣāliḥ bin ‘Alī al-Ḥārithī] in Muttra [Matrah], and Ibrahim bin Ghes [Ibrāhīm bin Qays Āl Bū Sa’īd]; and an expedition by the Sultan against the Ghaffrees [al-Ghāfirī tribal confederation] in Nezwa [Nizwa] and Ziki [Izki]Turkish [Ottoman] activity in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, in particular suspected Turkish designs on the Trucial Coast and interference in the Aden Protectorate from Turkish authorities in YemenAffairs in the Aden Protectorate, including: the trade in enslaved people in Hodeida [Al Hudaydah]; the aftermath of a rebellion in the Lahej Sultanate; the defences of Aden; and conflict between the Kayatee [al-Qu‘ayṭī] and Katheree [al-Kathīrī] states involving Arab soldiers from HyderabadAffairs in Persia, including the resignation and reinstatement of the Grand Vizier [Mīrzā Ḥusayn Khān Mushīr al-Dawlah], the cancellation of the Reuter Concession, the proposed Slave Trade Convention, and the issue of the Seistan [Sistan] borderAffairs in Bahrein [Bahrain], including: a petition from a group of exiles led by Nasir bin Mobarik [Nāṣir bin Mubārak Āl Khalīfa] claiming Turkish protection, requesting permission to return to Bahrein, and demanding the release of prisoners held in India following the 1869 conflict in Bahrein; and a threatened attack on Bahrein by the Beni Hajir [Banū Hājir] tribe from Nejd [Najd]Affairs in East Africa, including: slavery in Zanzibar and Mombassa [Mombasa]; suspected Egyptian and Turkish designs on Berbera; the traffic of arms to Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; the death of the missionary Dr David Livingstone; and the proposed construction of lighthouses in the Red SeaAffairs in Baghdad, including: disputes with Redif Pasha [Radīf Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] concerning salutes and navigation rights of British ships on the Euphrates; and attempted Turkish conscription of Bahreinees [Baharna people] and Cashmeerees [Kashmiris] in Baghdad Vilayet.The primary correspondents are:The Government of India (Home, Foreign, Financial, Revenue, Public Works, Legislative, Judicial, Railway, Marine, and Education departments)The Governor-General of IndiaThe Resident in BushireThe Resident in AdenThe Political Agent in Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 272; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
17. Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail:The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regarding the planned transfer of the Iraqi Government Railway from British to Iraqi control.Transport developments and trade routes in Syria, and economic competition between French- and British- mandated territories in the region.Proposals for the development of free zones at the port in Haifa, for Iraqi and Persian [Iranian] goods. This includes discussion of customs dues, and facilities to be offered to foreign governments.Proposals by Haim Effendi Nathaniel, the Iraqi Railways Canvassing Agent, for facilities to assist in the development of a trans-desert motor route between Iraq and Palestine, and the right to carry Iraqi mails via the Amman ['Ammān] route.Customs and Trade Agreements between French-mandated territories and Iran.The principal authors and correspondents are: HM High Commissioner for Palestine; HM High Commissioner for Iraq; the Foreign Office Eastern Department; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; HM Minister at Tehran; and the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The volume also contains a small number of communications received from the Government of Iraq.The volume contains the following items of note:Minutes of a meeting between the Iraqi Treasurer and Haim Effendi Nathaniel, regarding the Baghdad-Haifa Desert Motor Route, held on the 18 January 1933, ff 425-428.Records of a meeting between the Treasurer, the Iraqi Delegation, and the Director of Customs at Palestine, regarding the proposed free zone facilities at Haifa for Iraqi goods, and the establishment of terminal facilities and a preferential tariff, ff 371-392.Draft minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, held Monday 17 July 1933, regarding: 1) the proposed pipeline from the British Oil Development Company's concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean, and 2) the Trans-Desert Railway from Baghdad to Haifa. Plus related despatches received from Baghdad, Aleppo and Beirut, notes on the strategic value of the Baghdad-Haifa railway by the Secretaries of State for Air and War, ff 326-357.Communication from the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys) to the Foreign Secretary (John Simon), summarising the development of road and rail transport routes between Iraq, Syria and Palestine from 1925-1934, ff 247-249.English translation of the Decree of the French High Commissioner in Syria, 'Governing the Regime of Customs Exemptions granted to Transdesert Transport Concerns maintaining regular services of the transport of international transport goods', ff 222-236.Minutes of meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, held 11 and 23 October 1934, regarding the proposed Baghdad-Haifa route, ff 139-177, 90-107, and 70-89.Memorandum on the Baghdad-Damascus desert route, prepared by the Commercial Secretary to the Baghdad Embassy, 1935, ff 5-10.The volume also contains a proposal by the Palestine Corporation Limited to construct a highway connecting Palestine and Iraq, found at folios 14-30. This proposal is discussed in depth in the second part of the file, IOR/L/PS/12/2852.The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 526; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
18. Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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- Abstract: This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications.The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/12/2851 ff 14-30), and alternative proposals and surveys submitted by the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Director of Public Works for Trans-Jordan. The reports were submitted as evidence to the Committee of Imperial Defence, Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, and appear in the file alongside the Committee minutes, as follows:Record of a meeting held at the Colonial Office on 15 February 1935, to consider the improvement of road communication between Haifa and Baghdad, ff 126-133.Report of the War Office on the military requirements for the road, ff 142-147.Report on the Mafraq Road submitted by T T Taylor, Engineer in Charge, Nazareth, ff 154-156.'Preliminary Report on the Section of Haifa Bagdad Road in Transjordan', by Mr Ghorayeb, Director of Public Works, Trans-Jordan, ff 157-213.Minutes of the Forty-seventh Meeting of the Sub-Committee held at 2 July 1936, regarding the Baghdad-Haifa Road, ff 114-121.Records submitted for the Forty-eight Meeting of the Sub-Committee, comprising Air Ministry Proposals and Estimated Costs, copies of despatches between the Colonial Office and the High Commissioner for Palestine, and a War Office Report and Estimated Cost prepared by Major R Briggs, ff 22-109.Note by the Secretary of the Sub-Committee, providing a summary of the proposed Haifa-Baghdad road scheme, ff 3-21.Folio 21 is a 'General Map of Pipe Line Routes & Environs', and was to be appended to the War Office Report.The file also contains correspondence regarding the proposals, between the High Commissioner for Palestine and Trans-Jordan, the War Office, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 247; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-247; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
19. File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of roads and railways in Persia, including the Bushire to Shiraz road.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 376; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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