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**[http://archive.org/stream/correspondencere00londrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''Correspondence respecting relations with Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1857''] 1857 Archive.org  
**[http://archive.org/stream/correspondencere00londrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''Correspondence respecting relations with Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1857''] 1857 Archive.org  
**[http://archive.org/stream/furthercorrespon00greauoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Further correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament April 1914''] 1914 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/furthercorrespon00greauoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Further correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia. Presented to both Houses of Parliament April 1914''] 1914 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=UlwBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Personal narrative of military travel and adventure in Turkey and Persia''] by Robert Macdonald, ex-Sergeant Rifle Brigade, 1859 Google Books. He was appointed in 1836 to go to Persia, (one of a group of nine)  and arrived back in England in February 1839.
*[https://archive.org/details/amemoirmajorgen00rawlgoog ''A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson''] by George Rawlinson 1898 Archive.org. Born 1810, he joined the Bombay Army in 1827. In 1833 he was sent to Persia ([https://archive.org/stream/amemoirmajorgen00rawlgoog#page/n69/mode/2up page 36]), the start of a long association with this country. He was recalled to India in 1839 and in 1840 was appointed Political Agent in Western Afghanistan and was involved in the [[1st Afghan War]] until the end of 1842. In October 1843 he was appointed “British Political Agent in Turkish Arabia” 1844-1849 and 1851-1855. He  resumed an interest in Cuneiform Studies. (Also see [[Scholars or antiquarians]])  
*[https://archive.org/details/amemoirmajorgen00rawlgoog ''A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson''] by George Rawlinson 1898 Archive.org. Born 1810, he joined the Bombay Army in 1827. In 1833 he was sent to Persia ([https://archive.org/stream/amemoirmajorgen00rawlgoog#page/n69/mode/2up page 36]), the start of a long association with this country. He was recalled to India in 1839 and in 1840 was appointed Political Agent in Western Afghanistan and was involved in the [[1st Afghan War]] until the end of 1842. In October 1843 he was appointed “British Political Agent in Turkish Arabia” 1844-1849 and 1851-1855. He  resumed an interest in Cuneiform Studies. (Also see [[Scholars or antiquarians]])  
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2h9DAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA26 "Notes on a March from Zohab… in the year 1836"] by Major Rawlinson of the Bombay Army serving in Persia. Page 26 ''The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society: Volume 9 1839'' Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2h9DAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA26 "Notes on a March from Zohab… in the year 1836"] by Major Rawlinson of the Bombay Army serving in Persia. Page 26 ''The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society: Volume 9 1839'' Google Books

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Iran was previously known as Persia. This page also includes the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas.

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Records

The journal Iran is available at the British Library. These articles may also be read in full through the website JSTOR, including through the free access provisions, see Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free

FIBIS resources

John Isaacson, who at the time was described as a "Sergeant, RE", arrived in Persia on 11 November 1863 and was posted to the Persian section of the IETD. He died in Bushire in 1892.

External links

  • Bushehr (Bushire) Wikipedia
  • Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
    • "Scientific Instrument with a Story to Tell" by John Packer Bulletin of the Scientific Instruments Society No. 92 (2007), pages 17-18. html version, original pdf
  • "The Raj Reconsidered: British India’s Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa" by James Onley Asian Affairs Volume XL, no. I, March 2009 original pdf
  • Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820 - 1971 by James Onley 2009 Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) html version ,download a pdf
  • Armenian Graves in Bushire Chater Genealogy

Historical books online

Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts. Part I consists of the 'Arabian' portion of the History. Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II consists of the 'Persian' section of the History. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133. Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Part III (a portfolio of genealogical trees of the ruling families) is not available online.
Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047 and appears to be all Geographical. The Statistical portion is not available online.
British Library Untold lives blog ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014}

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