'Karun River: Memorandum by Mr Baring'
IOR/L/PS/18/C36
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Sep 1882. 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 memorandum is a response from Walter Baring to Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson's argument that the potential benefits of opening up the Karun [Kārūn] River to steam navigation are outweighed by the potential problems (see IOR/L/PS/18/C35). It argues that the Karun River scheme should not be completely abandoned, and that the transhipment of goods could bypass the natural obstruction to steam vessels at Ahwaz [Ahvāz]. It also includes some discussion of some of the overland routes into Persia.
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- 2 folios
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 136 and terminates at f 137, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/L/PS/18/C36
- Date(s)
- 20 Sep 1882 (CE, Gregorian)
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- River navigation
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- Karun River
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- Walter Baring
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C36
- Title
- 'Karun River: Memorandum by Mr Baring'
- Pages
- 136r:137v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence