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'Note on Persian Railways' [5v] (8/8)
The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1911. 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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Indo-European Telegraph Company, proposed to construct it (29). Politi
cally its importance is not so great, since it would lie in the zone already
under British influence.
ic) Bushire via Aliabad, connecting with a Bunder Abbas-Shiraz-Ahwaz
line.—The difficulty here lies in the mountainous nature of the country
between Bushire and Shiraz, and the Government of India were opposed to
a railway between the two places (40). Correspondence has recently been
proceeding as to the possibility of using motor transport by the hiruzabad
route, as suggested by Mr. Chick, Commercial Adviser at Bushire (61).
[d) Bunder Abbas via Shiraz to Ahwaz. —Apart from any commercial
advantages it may possess (30), this line, or a concession for it, would be
useful as blocking in the neutral sphere of Persia the advance of any line
from Bagdad (36).
23. The Persian Railway Syndicate. — A proposal that has recently been put
forward by “ The Persian Railway Syndicate,” a group representing the Oil
Company and others, affords some hope that of the lines mentioned (a), (b),
and (d) may eventually be constructed, in the order named, under British
auspices. r lhe financial side of the (question may be simplified thiough the
recent engagement by Persia of American financial advisers, and the employ
ment of Swedish officers for the gendarmerie should help in restoring order
where railways have to pass.
J. E. F.
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.
, Political Department,
3rd July 1911.
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The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods:
- 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry;
- 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia;
- 1907-1911: the period following the Anglo-Russian Convention (1907), which instituted a period of cooperation concerning proposals to build railways in Persia, including proposals for a Trans-Persian line.
The author is John Edward Ferard, Political Department, 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. .
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 2, and terminates at f 5, 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 item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C124
- Title
- 'Note on Persian Railways'
- Pages
- 2r:5v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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