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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [‎688r] (1377/1386)

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The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. 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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APPENDIX I.
Statement shewing the Faults and Repairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Cables during the official year 1889-90.
B. T. FFINCH,
Director, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section.
FAULT.
REPAIR.
Total duration
OF TOTAL
INTERRUPTION,
Section.
Locality OF fault.
Cause of fault.
Cable expended in repair.
REMAEKS.
No.
Date.
No.
Date.
• Days.
Hours.
Knots,
From.

Kno l s.
I
28th December 1885 .
...
1st July 1889, sealed up
...
•••
Bushire-Jask new Gutta Percha .
444
oo
4 4*
• 44
Partial earth not localized, now
sealed up.
«

2
17th January 1889
• •4
...
444
• ••
Fao-Bushire, Gutta Percha .
• 44
• 44
• 44
• 44
Partial earth not localized.
3
31st » »
I
13th May 1889 .
4 • 4
10
Bushire-Jask, India rubber
225-97
Bushire . .
Broken wire pierced rubber .
4-18
Partial earth.
4
20th February 1890 .
...
• 4 4 »
4 4 4
• ••
Ditto .
•oo
• 44
y
444 *
...
Partial earth not localized.
5
20th „ »,
...
...
• 44

• •4
D itto
• 44
...
444
444
to
Go
Ditto.
)
6
16th May 1889
2
17th May 1889 .
I
7
Ditto
404-66
Bushire .
Corrosion of guards and chafe
0-92
Total break.
7
17th „ M
• 44
• ••
soe
Ditto
• ••
- ...
• 44
...
Partial earth not localized.
8
nth June 1889
3
8th October 1889
1 19
5
Jask-Manora, Gutta Percha
455-82
Jask
Corrosion of guards . .
64-98
Total break.
9
7th October 1889
4
12th December 1889 .
44 4
9
Ditto
75-7
Ditto . .
Manufacture , .
571
Partial earth.
10
10th February 1890 .
5
23rd February 1890 .
13
6
Bushire-Jask, India Rubber ,
199-7
Bushire .
Corrosion of guards
33-92
Total break.
■ ■ .
• •
Total cable expended .
109-71

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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.

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1 file (692 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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.

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