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File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement' [64r] (132/452)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 27 Nov 1912-14 Apr 1913. It was written in English, Farsi 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s GovemmAni]
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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[7569]
| [February 17.]
Section 1.
No. 1 .
Sir G. Buchanan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received February 17.)
(No. 53.)
Sir, St. Fetersburgh, February 13, 1913.
I HAVE the honour, in accordance with your telegraphic instructions, to transmit
to you herewith copy of the memorandum which I ‘addressed to the Russian Government
on the 5th instant in regard to the Mohammerah-Khoremabad Railway concession, and.
a translation of their reply thereto.
I Tin VP SfO
’ GEORGE W. BUCHANAN.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Aide-memoire communicated to M Sazonof.
SIR EDWARD GREY has received a communication from Count Benckendorff
protesting against the conditions of the Mohammerah-Khoremabad Railway concession,
and urging that its conditions should approximate to those of the Julfa-Tabriz
concession, and asking that an exchange of views should take place between His
Majesty’s Government and the Russian Government.
His Majesty’s Ambassador has the honour to inform the Imperial Minister for
Foreign Affairs that Sir E. Grey cordially welcomes this proposal, and that he would
therefore be glad to know the conditions of the Russian concession, more especially in
regard to arrangements for securing equality of freight rates.
With regard to the Mohammerah-Khoremabad concession, Sir E. Grey is replying
to Count Benckendorff on various points of detail raised in his Excellency’s communi
cation, and he recognises at this stage the Persian Government should not be tied
down to more onerous financial clauses than those of the Russian concession.
Sir E. Grey is in the meantime authorising His Majesty's Minister at Tehran to accept
an option from the Persian Government for the Mohammerah line on condition that,
pending a settlement of the terms of the concession or contract, the syndicate shall
not be involved in any financial outlay on the survey, and that the Persian Govern
ment will afford at their expense adequate protection for the engineers engaged in
survey.
His Majesty’s Ambassador is instructed to suggest to M. Sazonof that a similar
course should be adopted in regard to the Russian concession from Julfa to Tabriz,
so that the British and Russian Governments may act in complete harmony in the
matter at Tehran.
His Majesty’s Ambassador has the honour to add that His Majesty’s Government
are now making proposals to the Societe d’fitudes which will hasten the operations of
that syndicate, and that he expects to receive at an early date detailed instructions
which will enable him to enter into definite negotiations with M. Sazonof on the
subject.
St. Petersburgh, Januairy 23 (February 5), 1913.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
A ide-memoire communicated to Sir G. Buchanan.
(Translation.)
THE Imperial Government have learnt with pleasure from the aide-memoire of
the British Embassy, dated 23rd January (5th February), that Sir E. Grey also
considers it undesirable at the present time to burden the Persian Government, as
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The volume contains memoranda, correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding railway constructions in Persia, focussing on the line planned between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad, Iran].
The subjects covered are:
- the leasing of land around Khor Musa to the British by the Ruler of Mohammerah, in 1912 (document in Farsi with English translation on ff 182-183);
- railway concessions agreed by Persian Government and negotiations with Persian Railways Syndicate;
- Persian Railways Syndicate's application for a mining concession in the Kerman district (Draft Concession on ff 52 and 53);
- the Julfa-Tabriz Railway Concession, in French (ff 62-63).
The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Mohammerah, Shaikh Kazal [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī], Persian Railways Syndicate Limited, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the 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. , the Foreign Office, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Some correspondence is in Farsi and some letters in French, from the Russian Embassy in London, are present in the volume. A map of Persia and Afghanistan, showing the projected railways, is on folio 77.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 240 (Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/332.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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. The map, f 77, is a very large fold-out sized at A1.
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- English, Farsi and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:15v, 17v:28r, 29r:36v, 37v:44v, 46r:47v, 50r:52r, 55r:61v, 64r:76v, 79r:92v, 94r:97v, 99r:113v, 115r:143v, 145r:173v, 175r:177v, 179r:181v, 184r:198v, 199v:209v, 211r:223v, back-i
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