'Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office'
IOR/L/PS/18/C91
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The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 18 Oct 1898. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (2 folios)
- Arrangement
This file consists of a single letter and enclosure.
- Physical characteristics
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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/C91
- Former external reference(s)
- S 49
- Date(s)
- 18 Oct 1898 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Telegraph lines
- Places
- Kerman
- People & organisations
- HM Ambassador to IranSir Percy Molesworth Sykes, Knight
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C91
- Title
- 'Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office'
- Pages
- 71r:72v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
