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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [125r] (249/442)
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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mirroundfuirs, and military Te<\\i: i e:
(,:). The Raiiv&y tan 'ms, on iha Soistan lordor f should b#
oonneotou vith the capital of Belstan by a roal suitable,
for eolod traffic f arki with Ban* in t}-e Kin an
Province, by ceiol trad-..
(h). Ac any railway to the Seistan border met, ipso facto,
have a desert stretch in the centre* It is * r consMereble
lr; t ortanoe that the i'rontier section flhould rest, on a
cultivated area, posse sc in;? v/ntor suited to locc. ictive
mul other roqnircnentG.
(i). Two ali^imeiita offer themselves for the Frontier section
to follow y,1,z. that North and thiat South of the
Xch-I- 'aUfc Slab - Pacha - Saindak - Ai \alaf ran^.
The fon ier traverses a do cert area, has no water other
than that which orald bo brou :ht down by pipe lines
frcif the hills, v, r hioh cannot be used *caeas distilled*
and would have Its terrtoas at either fvefbat or Dewan
Chah, both o '* which are equally msulted. *Thllo the
lattor Aliisnrnerrt dees r^eet all the requirement s we
have in view, yet it is open to the objection that it
infringe s Per cion territory, Tlds objection, however*
is ono wl^.ch can a:-\d chonld te adjected. In thi.a t.atter
connection it is to be noted that when the boundary }n
this nei { f hour hood was beinrj drawn up In the year 1896,
the Persian dolinitatlcn Ccmrdsdoner could cruy be
induced with difficulty, to permit this strip of ccuntry
being included within Persian territorial limits* ajid
it is also to bo noted that the boundary* in this
vicinity. Is not shewn *n ary of our msps as it was
never visited by either Cotv&ssioner uni it lias not been
found practicable to reconcile the licwnlary described
in the anreement with tliat on the map which was drawn
up, at the tine, and either of these with that laid out
on the pr und.
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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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