'Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905'

Content

The report, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled by Captain Edward Willoughby Sandys Mahon, Royal Engineer on 24 July 1905 to identify places suitable as termini of the Baghdad Railway. He advises Bussorah [Basra] as the best place, for strategic and commercial reasons.

The report contains two maps:

• 'Sketch Map of the Mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab' (f 15);
• 'Koweit Harbour' (f 16).

Extent and format

1 file (5 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 13, and terminates at f 17, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B165

History of this record

Date(s)

Sep 1905 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Railways

Places

Shatt-el-ArabBussoraKoweit

People & organisations

Baghdad RailwayEdward Willoughby Sandys Mahon

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'Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of proposed Bagdad Railway, by Captain E W S Mahon, RE July 1905', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B165, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001b6> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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