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Manuscript notes and other material chiefly relating to the history of Persia

MS. Nathan 243

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Title

Manuscript notes and other material chiefly relating to the history of Persia

Shelfmark

MS. Nathan 243

Summary

Includes

(fol. 1) Persian history 1160-1173, n.d.

(fol. 7) Assyrians and Babylonians, interleaved with printed 'Appendix B' of 'Administration report of Persian Gulf' n.d.

(fol. 59) Kingdom of Oman, n.d.

(fol. 110) the mouth of the Sadus, n.d.

(fol. 115) Baghdad, n.d.

(fol. 119) Spain, n.d.

(fol. 125) list of MSS. relating to Persian Gulf in National Library, Florence, n.d.

(fol. 127) Tobacco Rgie, n.d.

(fol. 131) list of Kings of Portugal, n.d.

(fol. 133) quotations, notes, and maps, from classical writers on Persia, n.d.

(fol. 136) Persian inscriptions, n.d

(fol. 139) list of 'Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings' n.d

(fol. 140) short bibliography on Persia n.d.

(fol. 141) notes from Marco Polo cap. XVI, n.d.

(fol. 142) Persian Gulf sections, 1889-90.

(fol. 144) newspaper cuttings on Caucasus and Crimea 1884-94.

(fol. 156) 'Report on trade of district of consulate-general at Bushire', 1891.

(fol. 164) reports of Bank of Persia, 1891.

(fol. 202) notes on Persia from books published in 1892.

(fol. 209) newspaper cutting on 'Portuguese records relating to India' 1892.

(fol. 210) 'Threatened Massacre at Hamadan' 1892.

(fol. 211) letters and notes concerning Sir Matthew Nathan's work on Persia 1892-3, with (fol. 219) notes on British enterprise in Persia, by Mark Bell, 1887.

(fol. 221) copy of classical map of Persia, n.d.

(fol. 222) 3 maps of Persian Gulf, n.d.

(fol. 225) chart of Persian Gulf, n.d.

(fol. 226) 4 engravings of 'Ormus', 1624, 1650, and n.d.

Date

1884-94

Language

English

Physical extent

229.0 Leaves

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Archive of Sir Matthew Nathan

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