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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎175v] (350/442)

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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271
Private Bills.
Private Bills.
272
[LORDS]
SHROPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE. AND
STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER
BILL, [h.l.]
MIDLAND RAILWAY BILL, [h.l.]
BIRKENHEAD CORPORATION BILL, [h.l.]
MANCHESTER CORPORATION BILL, [h.l.]
YORKSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL.
[h.l.]
BRISTOL CORPORATION (VARIOUS
POWERS) BILL [h.l.]
LONDON, BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY BILL, [h.l.]
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY BILL.
[h.l.]
Read 3 a , and passed, and sent to the
Commons.
MOTHERWELL WATER AND SEWAGE
PURIFICATION BILL, [h.l.]
Read 3 a : Amendments made: Bill
passed, and sent to the Commons.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 1) BILL. (No. 97).
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 2) BILL. (No. 98.)
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 3) BILL. (No. 99.)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDER (No. 8) BILL. (No. 100)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDER (No. 9) BILL. (No. 101.)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 10) BILL. (No. 102.)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND)
PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1) BILL.
(No. 103.)
WESTERN VALLEYS (MONMOUTHSHIRE)
RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION PRO
VISIONAL ORDER BILL. (No. 104.)
Brought from the Commons; read l a ;
to be printed; and referred to the
Examiners.
ALEXANDRA (NEWPORT AND SOUTH
WALES) DOCKS AND RAILWAY BILL.
BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION BILL.
WALSALL CORPORATION BILL.
Brought from the Commons ; read 1 a ;
and referred to the Examiners.
CARDIFF RAILWAY BILL.
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY BILL.
Returned from the Commons, with the
Amendments, agreed to.
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACTS.
1. Provisional Regulations, dated 19th
May, 1914, entitled the National
Health Insurance (Claims for Ex
emption, Married Women) Regu
lations (England), 1914 ;
2. Part II. Unemployment Insurance.
Special Extension Order (Unem
ployment Insurance) Rules, 1914,
made by the Board of Trade in pur
suance of Section 113 (1) of the
National Insurance Act, 1911 :
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act)
and to be printed. (No. 105.)
SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON
SUNDAY BILL, [h.l.]
Petition in favour of ; of Birmingham
Temperance Society; read, and ordered
to lie on the Table.
EDUCATION BOARD PROVISIONAL
ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON)
BILL, [h.l.]
EDUCATION BOARD PROVISIONAL
ORDERS CONFIRMATION (GAMES, &c.)
BILL, [h.l.]
Read 2 a (according to Order).
COMMONS REGULATION (GOSFORD
GREEN) PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Amendments reported (according to
Order), and Bill to be read 3 a on Monday
the Ihth of June next.
LAND DRAINAGE (RIPPINGALE)
PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Read 3 a (according to Order), and passed.
PRIVATE AND PROVISIONAL ORDER
CONFIRMATION BILLS.
Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 92
and 93 be suspended ; and that the time
for depositing Petitions praying to be
heard against Private and Provisional
Order Confirmation Bills, also the time
for depositing documents relating to any
Order under the Private Legislation Pro
cedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, which would
otherwise expire during the adjournment
of the House, be extended to the first day
on which the House shall sit after the
Recess at Whitsuntide.
PRIVATE AND PROVISIONAL ORDER
CONFIRMATION BILLS.
Ordered, That the time limited by the
order of the 5th instant for the Second
Reading of Private and Provisional Order
Confirmation Bills brought from the House
of Commons be extended to the 25(A day
of June next.

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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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