'Memorandum by Mr. Parker respecting Railway Construction in Persia'
IOR/L/PS/18/C131
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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 13 Jan 1913. It was written in English and French. 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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The memorandum considers whether British participation in the proposed Trans-Persian Railway would be in Britain's interests. To this end it considers possible advantages/disadvantages to British trade, finance, and her strategic/political interests.
The appendix (folio 32) contains an extract from a letter from Sir William Edmund Garstin dated 9 December 1912. It also contains two enclosures (in French) from a letter — also from Garstin — dated 20 December 1912.
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- 1 file (5 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 28, and terminates at f 32, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English and French in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/18/C131
- Date(s)
- 13 Jan 1913 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C131
- Title
- 'Memorandum by Mr. Parker respecting Railway Construction in Persia'
- Pages
- 28r:32v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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