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'CORRECTIONS TO MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA, 1911' [50r] (106/112)
The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. 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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Page 385, Line 3.—At end of parargaph (c) ending with the
words “ is a level plain ”, insert the following:
C(i) The Company for the construction of branch lines in
RussianCentralAsiahave, in 1913, proposed the construction
of— ,
(a) A line (presumably normal gauge) from the station ct
Tejan on the Central Asian Railway (479 miles from
Krasnovodsk) to Chacha on the Russo-Persian Frontier.
The line would have a length of 59 miles.
The projected line would traverse the richest portion of the
Teien oasis, which exports at the present moment a consider
able Quantity of grain as well as cotton, but Ihe Company
reckons for their profits mainly on capturing the major portion
of the caravan traffic between Meshed and Transcaspia and on
diverting it from other routes, as the terminal point at Uiacfia
would be little over 60 miles from Meshed by a caravan route
used at the present time by both camels and mules. If it proved
possible in the future to continue the line toMeshed itself the im
portance of Askhabad as a commercial centre would be destroy
ed.
Paqe 385.—After paragraph {g) ending with the words
“ difficulties in its construction” add the following paragraph .
(jo i n May 1913, the Russian Government was reported to be
about to construct a railway from Baku on the ^Caucasus
line to Astara, on the Persian frontier. Ihis would fcim
to the proposed Trans-Persian Railway.
Trans-Persian Ratal/.—On March 17th, 1914 , it was reported
that Imperial sanction had been given to the formation of a com-
nany for the construction of a railway from Ahat, on the Trans
Caucasus Railway, to Astara on the Rvsso-Persian Frontier. The
line was to form the connecting link with the Trans-Persian ai -
way.
On May 26th, Lord Crewe stated in Parliament that the ques
tion of the Trans-Persian Railway had not progressed muc .
The Government, he said, had made it clear that any contm -
tion towards India could not be made unless they ag^d ^nd
that they were insisting upon exercising control m p
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The volume consists of corrections to the Military Report on Persia (1911). This volume was produced in 1914 (1st series) by the General Staff, India.
It contains corrections for sections on the country's history; geography; resources; army; naval forces; places of strategic importance and military notes; ports, harbours and islands; arms and ammunition; administration; and communications.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1915.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 53; these numbers are printed or written in pencil, and are located in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover. The back cover is missing.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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