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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [82r] (163/442)
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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of* SeiFt^n, Bir> nd and Khein, fo much trouble could
be dominated with eare. dir Java, from itF poaition,
alpo controlF the variouF routeF leading itaFt f*rom
S. PerFia, through Bar had. The poFte we have at
prepent, Fituated on the ieolated Fobet»-Kacha-Sr.'indalc-
Amc^lat range are quite unable to do thiF as experience,
extending over many yea re, hep proved.
The effect of holding the dirjawa valley-Duzdah
line would Fhow iteelf in various other ways as well
and would be followed by permanent Political effects
of great and probably growing importance, as years
go by. It ha e always struck me as very remarkable
that no one appearF to pay any regard to the important
fact that Seistan and Birjand, as well as the country
for a, long distance between Birjand and Meshed, ip
separated from Kerman, and fo from the Gulf, by an almost
impassable waste called the Great Kerman Desert. This
desert is a, desolate region from li)0—150 miles and more
bror d of "Shore* end mud without grass, wood, or water,
and which is only passable, at long distances apart by
tracks which form causeways so narrow that in many
places to stray off them a few yards spells destruction.
The only means of avoiding this desert is to skirt the
near, i.e, Baluchistan, extremity by hugging the West
foot of the Sarhed-Koh-i-Malik Siah range. Arms caravans
on their way to India from the Gulf, always do this and
the ancient Trade Route which connected India with the
Gulf, at Dr muz, through Seisten *nd Afghanistan, did the
same. But opposite |i.e. West of) the Mtrjawa-Durdab
line the Sarhsd—Koh—i—Malik Siah hills fine down until
they become a ridge only a few miles across and it
therefore, follows that by holding the Mirjewa line we
would not only have our hand on the link which connects
Seisten with Persia proper hut we would also guard
Seisten, and with it Afghanistan, from any hostile
influence or egression directed from the Oulf or from
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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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- 1 file (221 folios)
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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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- 79r:85v
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- Webb Ware, Frank Cooke
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