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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [104r] (207/442)
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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10.
Here it bends due South, Grosses the Kohfl-Sultan ran^re where
its destructive effects are to be found, written with no
uncertain hand, in the ,-rctesquo shapes into vdiioh this mountain
has been chiselled and in the msses of sand which it has flunrs
soirie thousand of feet high, against the Northern elope of that
mountain, and proceeding on its course South, across Nashkel
and Hater an, finds its end in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. In Seietan it is
known as the a 8ed Sud—0—Bist Puz' (the wind of the one hundred
and twenty days), for every morning, in Sumer, with almost
unfailing regularity it puts in its appearance, attains its
maximum rather after the sun has past its zenith, and dies av/ay,
in the evening. During the months which Immediately precede
and follow summer, this wind stream is somer/hat intemrdttent, but
in winter, at intervals which may extend to as much as even three
weeks although usually much less, it becomes an icy blast which
overflows its channel, on either side, long distances and attains
a strength and velocity the sumer months rarely ever see. The
general causes which produce this wind are well known, but,
while so, the reasons which operate to confine it to the course
it follows and what it is that gives this wind its truly
surprising strength, are not and would form a study for the
scientist as engrossing as it would prove useful. In her wind,
Seistan possesses an economic power of great potential value.
D. Sand .
Sand is generally formed in one of two different ways,
v.i.z. either by the pulverisation of rooky debris, brought down
by erosion, by water action, or by the disintegration of beds,
usually conglomerate, eaten away by the wind. For the latter, the
essentials are extremes of heat and cold, /Treat variation between
the day and night temperatures, an intensely dry climate, a
meagre rainfall, and a surface which permits full play to wind
action. These conditions reach, perhaps, the highest collective
maximum possible on the great plains areas, in review. As
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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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- Mss Eur F112/252
- Title
- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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- 87r:90v, 95r:221v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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