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: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|Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in  the JSTOR subscription website for free]]
: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|Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in  the JSTOR subscription website for free]]
*The [[LDS]] Library catalogue has the following entry: [https://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=153708&disp=Parish+register+transcripts&columns=*,0,0  Church of England in Iran. Anglican Chaplaincy (Julfa) Baptisms, 1875-1879 Marriages, 1877] Film 574493 Item 2. The original records are now  in the [http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/284/4/1/1866831?RECORD London Metropolitan Archives] DL/E/E/056/MS11215A  (previously in the Guildhall) and are records from the Mission Chapel, Julfa. The chapel appears to have been attached to the Church Missionary Society.
*The [[LDS]] Library catalogue has the following entry: [https://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=153708&disp=Parish+register+transcripts&columns=*,0,0  Church of England in Iran. Anglican Chaplaincy (Julfa) Baptisms, 1875-1879 Marriages, 1877] Film 574493 Item 2. The original records are now  in the [http://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/284/4/1/1866831?RECORD London Metropolitan Archives] DL/E/E/056/MS11215A  (previously in the Guildhall) and are records from the Mission Chapel, Julfa. The chapel appears to have been attached to the Church Missionary Society.
:There are also some records for Iran in  the [[IGI#India records|"World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch]]
*India Office Records at the [[British Library]]
*India Office Records at the [[British Library]]
**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/iran/index.html Iran: Sources in the India Office Records]
**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/iran/index.html Iran: Sources in the India Office Records]
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**[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''
**[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
**''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
*''Journal of a Diplomate's Three Years Residence in Persia'' by ‪Edward B. Eastwick , Late HM’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Tehran 1864 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2kNCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1  ‪Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6UNCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume II] The author was appointed to Persia in 1860
*[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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*[https://archive.org/details/persia005437mbp ''Persia''] by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
*[https://archive.org/details/persia005437mbp ''Persia''] by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
**[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
**[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
*Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition of ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer are available to read online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011590480 Hathi Trust Digital Library]  
*Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition of ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer are available to read online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011590480 Hathi Trust Digital Library]  
**Three volumes of the ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, being Parts I and II (missing Part III), of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
**Three volumes of the ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, being Parts I and II (missing Part III), of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.

Revision as of 08:09, 19 September 2014

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

Also see

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
There are also some records for Iran in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch

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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