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File 3874/1908 'Railways:-Trans-Persian Railway.' [167v] (336/536)
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).
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to a third Power which might, for example, secure per
mission to build a line from Tehran to the south with
branches to Seistan and elsewhere. it is clear that
the construction in Persia of lines in which Great
Britain had no part would be far more detrimental to
I
British interests than their construction with the
participation and under the partial control of His Maj-
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esty’s Government.
There is at the same time no fear that the Russian
Government would themselves irrmediately begin the con
struction of the line of junction since, as was admit
ted in Monsieur Isvolski's memorandum of August 15th,
1908 they have no funds available for such a purpose.
/I, An additional reason for pressing this demand is
to be found in the obvious anxiety of Monsieur Isvolski
tnat the question should not be treated as outside the
range of practical politics. The concession to His
Excellency’s wishes involved in admitting it to consid
eration would, as clearly appears from His Excellency's
observations to Sir A. Nicolson, go far to reconcile
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/10/160
- Title
- File 3874/1908 'Railways:-Trans-Persian Railway.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 2r:3v, 5r:266v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence