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File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement' [66r] (136/452)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 27 Nov 1912-14 Apr 1913. It was written in English, Farsi and French. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 14.]
Seciiok 2.
V
[6702] No. 1.
Foreign Office to Mr. Greenway.
Sir, Foreign Office, February 14, 1913.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to inform you that a telegram has been
received from His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran giving details of the concession for the
Julfa-Tabriz Railway.
According to Sir W. Townley’s report, the concession is for seventy-five years, the
Persian Government to have the option of purchase after thirty-five years. Neither the
Persian Government nor the Russian Government give any financial guarantee, and
construction is at the risk of the concessionnaire; the concession is a conversion of the
old road concession, carrying with it the right to work all petroleum and coal mines
on either side of the line to a distance of 40 miles ; profits derived from the working
of the railway are to be divided equally between the shareholders and the Persian
Government, after 7 per cent, has been paid on the capital invested; 15 per cent,
of the net profits derived from the working of the mines found on the State lands
within the above-mentioned radius on either side of the line is to go to the Persian
Government.
No preferential tariff routes in favour of trade are conferred by the concession ;
it includes the right to build an extension to a spot at the northern end of Lake Urmia ;
and it grants preference to the company to construct a railway from Tabriz to Kazvin
on equal terms with those that any other syndicate or company may propose, and the
lapsed road concession is renewed under certain conditions dealing with the period of
construction. v
Sir W. Townley is forwarding a copy of the concession by post.
I am, &c.
LOUIS MALLET.
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The volume contains memoranda, correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding railway constructions in Persia, focussing on the line planned between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad, Iran].
The subjects covered are:
- the leasing of land around Khor Musa to the British by the Ruler of Mohammerah, in 1912 (document in Farsi with English translation on ff 182-183);
- railway concessions agreed by Persian Government and negotiations with Persian Railways Syndicate;
- Persian Railways Syndicate's application for a mining concession in the Kerman district (Draft Concession on ff 52 and 53);
- the Julfa-Tabriz Railway Concession, in French (ff 62-63).
The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Mohammerah, Shaikh Kazal [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī], Persian Railways Syndicate Limited, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the 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. , the Foreign Office, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Some correspondence is in Farsi and some letters in French, from the Russian Embassy in London, are present in the volume. A map of Persia and Afghanistan, showing the projected railways, is on folio 77.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 240 (Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/332.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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. The map, f 77, is a very large fold-out sized at A1.
- Written in
- English, Farsi and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/332
- Title
- File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:15v, 17v:28r, 29r:36v, 37v:44v, 46r:47v, 50r:52r, 55r:61v, 64r:76v, 79r:92v, 94r:97v, 99r:113v, 115r:143v, 145r:173v, 175r:177v, 179r:181v, 184r:198v, 199v:209v, 211r:223v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence