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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [83r] (165/442)
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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elFewhere in Sout-hern Per?!*?. In ot.her wordK we
would in p popitdon to ^uerd, et. leppt/ to a very
weterial extont,, Wertorn Afghr-niptien. If Afghfjnipt^n
foi^p t-he advance bapfion of our Indian Defence and if
Seipfen Ip, &b ip generally adTiit.tod, t,he key of Wesfern
Afghr’niptan, t,hen fhe Southern key of Seiptan ip the
na rrow ridge of hi Up a lluded to which intervene? between
the Great Kernw-n Depert on the one pide, and the
Baluchiptan Depert area on the other, and to hold thip
by & military force render? an attack on Seietan, from
the South, impoppible.
From the point of view of camel borne trade, the
diptance from Mirjawa to Dewan Chah on the Seipten border?
ip probably a few mile? longer than the diptence from
S&ind^’k to Dewan Chah but. a-gainpt thi? &'indf k lie? rather
in advance o^ girjawa. I forget the precipe difference
in mileage, between the two route!, but it il pomething
very pmall bp the detour caravan? have now to make from
Dewan Cheh round Robat and which take? them pevera-1 mile?
off their direct road, would be avoided.
If the advantage? in favour of the jfirjawa
alignment are po very pronounced what, then i? there to
prevent ite adoption? There ip one difficulty, but it
ip a difficulty which can, and phould, I think be overcome.
The be?t pituation for the girjawa railway Ftetion lie?
about mile? beyond the Frontier, end from girjawa on to
either Dueoab or Dewan chah the railway line woula
traverpe Rerpian territory throughout. In the year ld9fi,
when the Baluch-Rerpian Frontier we? delimitated, thi?
tract of country which undoubtedly belonged to up wap made
over to Rerpia, The Rerpianp wanted up to retain it
and indeed begged up to do po, but our Commippioner who
peemed to regard thip country a? valuele??, declined and
returned to India from JaIk without a pproaching it within
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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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- 79r:85v
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- Webb Ware, Frank Cooke
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