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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
*[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
**[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797838 "Notes on a Journey from Tabriz, through Persian Kurdistan, to the Ruins of Takhti-Soleïman, and from Thence by Zenjan and Ṭarom, to Gílan, in October and November, 1838"] and [https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797839 "With a Memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana"] both by H C Rawlinson, Bombay Army, Major serving in Persia.  ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 10 1840 Archive.org
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dB82AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA219 Discussion on "Notes on the Direct Overland Telegraph to India" by Major-Gen Sir H C Rawlinson] page 219 ''Proceedings of the Royal Geographic Society'' Volume V Session 1860-61 (this file also contains Volume VI) Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9dQBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 "On Trade Routes between Turkestan and India"]  Report of a paper by Major General Sir H C Rawlinson. Page 10, ''Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 13 1868-1869''
**''England and Russia in the East; a series of papers on the political and geographical condition of Central Asia''  by Major-General Sir Henry Rawlinson. Reprints of articles originally written 1849-1868 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023001039 1st edition 1875], [https://archive.org/details/englandandrussi03rawlgoog 2nd edition 1875] Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/throughpersiain00stewgoog#page/n12/mode/ ''Through Persia in disguise, with reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny''] by Colonel Charles E. Stewart, edited from his diaries by Basil Stewart. 1911 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/throughpersiain00stewgoog#page/n12/mode/ ''Through Persia in disguise, with reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny''] by Colonel Charles E. Stewart, edited from his diaries by Basil Stewart. 1911 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/throughpersiain00stewgoog#page/n118/mode/2up The India connection in 1866] page 85
**[http://archive.org/stream/throughpersiain00stewgoog#page/n118/mode/2up The India connection in 1866] page 85

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

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FIBIS resources

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
  • India List post and thread: IETD in Persia . This post says “I found Denis Wright’s book The English amongst the Persians invaluable for background to the tortuous life in Persia. First edition published 1977 as The English amongst the Persians during the Qajat period, 1787-1921, available at the British Library. 2nd Edition: The English amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century Iran Preview Google Books
  • Photograph of an unidentified captain of the Royal Engineers who was in all likelihood attached to the Indo-European Telegraph Department office that was located in Teheran. From the Soldiers of the Queen website.
  • "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 html version, 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

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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