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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [117r] (233/442)
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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with fixi& trwiffrontlor rvllwy abater f the witlKhwal c^f its
rolling »tortk sivi the destruction of the peanpnor/ vrn; r would
yrwQnt its for* hostile udlitcry rer^tirenents*
The Military requirenente we should enlaevour to obtein,
when allynin^ e railway to the Seiat&n herder, are e« ^Oi5cn?8.
It should be eeoure fror'? attaoh throurhoitt itn lr ? n<l.h. It should
be 1 placed, if pcoBlblo, at such a distance from the Afghan border
as \rll3 ensure, in paco« time, it?» safety frer. any spor&dio
raidin'", but ^ile kc it should not be withdrawn tc such a distant©
as would nullify the influence which it ie cur aijn it should
exert in that country. It should he -provided with ^cod water.
Lastly, it should hare it^ frontier terfidnats at a healthy place
with a cool olimte and <rpev surreundinr*-, and this tcrrljns should
b© connected, by road, with the capital of Scistnn, the 3hel«g
river and the various deep, but tiarrow, irrigation .Tits which arc
met with, ^tslde the capital, beinp panned by lip'vt
masonry bridges.
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writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
holds the cpinion that, t’part hrm the Political
and other constJeratious which v *wld t in themselves, Justly
the construction or this line, the total to vrhich our pnw&v
trad© with .Vfphani^tan and Persia had arisen mkl which asicnnted
to a sun of *i©J n c ^50%000, claimed the a« w lstacoe which Pailway
contraction can alone provide. "'e had rcaohod the limit of the
Baluchistim c«nel supply available. The price of cmcls had, as
the result, double*! of lute ycart*. The ooct ci trraispoit ha-a oh^ n
an nn» d.tsl*akablo mpsurd tendency' end these three factors wore each
oper&tirvt to cV'Ock further trade ecsp&nsioit. Provided the can©
liberal policy which Influenced the Coverrrierrt of India in deciding
on the rates for the carriage of goods between Quetta and Wushki,
bo extended to the carriage of goods to the frontier, a Bellwiy to
the For sian jprontier - English goods being held in the high cat earn
they are * wild attract to Itself the larger proportion of
Central and Western Afghan trade, most of the trade of Khorassan,
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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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- 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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