File 3874/1908 'Railways:-Trans-Persian Railway.' [163v] (328/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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(44307/09).
further deferred.
3, Lord Morley will observe that Sir G. Barclay re
ferring to the Foreign Office memorandum of October
9th 1908 agrees with His Majesty*s Consul General at
Bushire^ with whom he has lately conf erred, in strongly
opposing the construction of the proposed Julfa-
Mohammera line from north to south instead of from both
ends simultaneously and in considering inadmissible
the imposition of differential rates on British goods
on that portion of the line which will run 'through the
Russian sphere, and that he is accordingly of opinion
that the execution of the project should remain in
abeyance till satisfaction has been obtained from the
Russian Government on these points.
Sir G. Barclay and Major Cox are however in favour
i ' . . • •
of earmarking without delay as a matter of general
principle this and the other railways which would be of
interest to His Majesty's Government and they suggest,
in this connexion that a line running from
ii O
Ws*
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The volume comprises correspondence, despatches, memoranda, notes and reports on the proposed construction of the Trans-Persia railway which would link the European and Indian railway systems. The economic and strategic considerations of the construction of a railway linking Calais, Berlin, Baghdad and India are discussed in detail.
The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), the British Ambassador to Persia, (Sir George Head Barclay) the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir Arthur Nicholson); representatives of the Foreign Office and 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. .
The correspondence from the Government departments from May 1910 onwards contains a thick black border according to official mourning protocol following the death of King Edward VII on 9 May 1910.
The subject 3874 (Railways: Trans-Persian Railway) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS10/160.
The volume has a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (267 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3874 (Railways: Trans-Persian Railway) consists of one volume: IOR/L/PS10/160.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 267; 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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- File 3874/1908 'Railways:-Trans-Persian Railway.'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 2r:3v, 5r:266v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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