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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [80r] (159/442)
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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Fro^ Stah t.here project/F, f*or a diFtance of some
Tff mileF, int.o t,he BpluchiFtan Depert. in 8 Sout,h-eaFt.erly
direction, pn iFolet,ed range of* hills knows pf the Pohef-
Eacha—Saindalt uMMllaf range. In general charactaristdc t,hiF
range is a knife edge placed on the t.op of a Ft.eep Daman which
FfretrCheF down int-o Afghan Territory. "Mr t,ia de roufe post-F
of Pohat,, Chah j|r hd Raza , Kacha, Saindak are all Fifuatyed on
the Northern Fide of this range, where the foot, of the knife
edge a nd the Da ma il meet,.
Very lit,t,le consideration will show the dlsadvantageF
of such a trade route alignment for the purposes of a railway
track. No Pailway engineer would willingly build a railway
which, hugging the fcase of a range of hills, conforms to the
upper edge of a Baluchistan Daman, as doing so would involve
frequent culvert, bridges with repeated changes of gradient.
**or is it. advise bio to build a line through a desert area
possessing no water suitable for locomotive purposes. It is
true that these engineering difficulties can be avoided by
following the foot of the Daman but the difficulty here is
tHet at the foot of this Daman, which has an average depth of
some rt-d miles, there is no water and the Afghan Frontier is
too close to be pleasant. In addition, a very decided climb
up would remain to be faced when a point opposite Fobet is
reached with six miles of heavy engineering outside Pobat and
about the same number of mile stiff work beyond Fobet, should
the railway line be taken on to Dewan Chah. Robet as the
t.en»inuF of e.n important, railway pypte*, not only hag no s<iV8n-
te.ge to recommend it tot it porsesFee many diFadvantagee, tot
while fo, Fhould it be decided to place the temporary termimiF
at Salndak, we are then committed to carrying’ the line along
the top edge of the Daman either to, or through, Fobet.
We can avoid all thee, troubles by running- our line
gaUta ° r + ' he "o 1 *'i'-Wts che-Saindak-AmaXaf range and mafcLru
-irjawa, out,Fide the desert area, the objective. From duFhlci cteh
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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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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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- Webb Ware, Frank Cooke
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