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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [24r] (47/442)
The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in Nov 1911-Mar 1917. 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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line through Mendali would have an easy gradient 3,090 feet
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in 48 miles. The construction of two a'Shttto lines in South
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West Persia would neutralize the Russian lines in the North
and go far to maintain the integrity of Persia. They
would obviate the danger of an Agreement between Russia and
Germany to jointly absorb West Persia and the adjoining
districts of Eastern Turkey to the probable exclusion of
British interests.
Kerraanshah is the most important strategical point
in West Persia as it stands at the head of several passes
leading towards Baghdad and the Gulf. It would be
advisable therefore that the railway routes towards it
should be under British control and the place would then
stand as an outpost covering the passes into Mesopotamia
from Central Persia and the strong mountain positions near
the place could be held if necessary to prevent aggression
against our position in Mesopotamia and at the head of the
Gulf.
The possession of the Mendali route to
Kermanshah and a line from Mohammerah to Burujird with a.
connecting link between the town would give us an extremely
strong position in the Kermanshah hills on the flank of any
Russian movement in Central Persia.
On the same principle of building lines North
from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, another important line would run
from Bunder Abbas to Kerman a town within the British zone.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to railway projects in Persia [Iran] and the surrounding region. The papers deal with the proposals for, planning, and progress of, several railway lines, including one from the Mediterranean to India, the Trans-Persian Railway, the Baghdad Railway, and the Nushki and Dalbandin extension from Quetta. The documents discuss the merits and flaws of the proposals, technical issues such as gauge sizes, and the impact of such projects on Britain's relations with Russia, Germany, France, and Turkey.
At the back of the file are a number of official reports on Parliamentary debates within the House of Commons, dating from 10 July 1912 to 25 May 1914, all of which feature railways (folios 128-218). Also at the rear of the file are three maps:
- General Map of Asia with proposed British, German, and Russian rail lines added by hand
- War Office map of the Middle East, showing railways and railway projects
- As above with further rail lines added and details of gauges given.
Correspondents include: Arthur Campbell Yate, army Officer; Henry McNiel; Francis Richard Maunsell, army officer; George Lloyd, politician; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington, army officer and war correspondent; Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Leader of the House of Lords; Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lord Lansdowne), statesman; Lucien Wolf, journalist and historian; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Charles Prestwich Scott, Editor of the Manchester Guardian; Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director, Imperial Bank of Persia; and Colonel Frank Cooke Webb Ware, former Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Chagai.
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
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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 221; 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.
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- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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- 20r:34v
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- Maunsell, Francis Richard
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