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'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80' [39v] (85/164)
The record is made up of 1 volume (78 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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72 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No.so
the Kussian line from Julfa, on the Caucasian frontier,
to Tabriz, a distance of about 83 miles, with a branch
line from Sufian to a point on the north-eastern end of
Lake Urumieh, and (2) the extension into Persia of
the Indian line from Quetta, the terminus of which,
when war broke out, was Nushki, and which is now
open for traffic to Mirjawa, just on the Persian side
of the frontier. The latter line has been extended for
purely strategic reasons and, though it may in time
become part of an important scheme of commercial
railways in Persia, its commercial importance is at
present small.
The Russian railway comes under a different
category. Its object was largely commercial. The
concession for it was granted to a Russian com
pany in February 1913, and the line was opened for
traffic in 1916, the speed with which it was con
structed being due to the fact, already mentioned, that
the road from Julfa to Tabriz, which was constructed
by the same Russian company, and had been open for
traffic for some years, was built with a view to its
being subsequently converted into a permanent way
for a railway.
The chief terms of the concession under which the
railway was constructed are the following:
(1) Ihe concession is for 75 years, subject to an
option to the Persian Government to purchase at the
end of 35 years.
(2) The concessionnaire has the right to work all
petroleum and coal mines within 40 miles of the line
on each side.
(3) The Persian Government participates equally
with the company in the profits of the railway in each
} e ar after 7 per cent, on the invested capital has been
paid tor that year, and to the extent of 15 per cent,
in the net profits derived from mines on State lands
situated within the area affected.
(4) The company has the preference to construct a
i ail way irom Tabriz to Kazvin on equal terms with
those which any other company may offer in the future.
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This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919.
It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' (folios 33-36) and 'Economic Conditions' (folios 37-64). In Appendix, extract from treaties, in English and French, and statistic tables regarding trade in Persia 1910-1915.
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- 1 volume (78 folios)
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There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 78. There is also an original pagination, from 1 to 149.
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- 'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:78v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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