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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [124r] (247/442)
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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30.
to the needs they would be called on to meet. The most advantageous
pattern, for station blocks, would be the Baluchistan fortified
pattern but it would be necessary to add, to each station, a roomy
open floods shed with galvanized iron roof, within a spacious yard,
the yard itself bein^ enclosed within an eighteen foot wall e£ hi&h,
close knit, iron pallisade. In the case of the terminus station the
capacity of both good sheds and yards - and there more than one would
be necessary - should be as will admit of large quantities of bulky
goods being stored. Close to each station, there should be built -
a matter of considerable importance - something in the form of
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
accommodation. It would be as well if each fortified
station were to be provided with means of storing twelve to fourteen
days drinking water and it would also be as well if the weak point
which marks the present pattern of fortified station, which is
that entry can be made from the roof of the ticket office exterior
verandah, be guarded against.
A summary of the general conclusions arrived at in this
Memorandum would, therefore, stand as follows
(a) . Any extension of the Qnetta-Nushki branch Railway line
from Dalbandin, the point where it has now reached, to,
or towards, the Persian frontier, should be planned so
as to secure us in the important interests involved.
(b) . First in importance among these, is the control of the
narrow rooky neck which separates the, practically,
impassible Persian desert from the Baluchistan desert
area, and which is the key of Seistan and with it of
Afghanistan and India.
(o). To hold control of this narrow neck would be to prevent
the
projection
Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface.
, from either the Kirman or
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
side*, of any influence, propaganda, or trade antagonistic
to our Afghanistan and Indian interests.
(d). This control can neither be obtained nor exercised
unless the terminus be placed in a suitable position.
The site of this terminus should also be selected with
due regard to certain essentials in climate, water.
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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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