File 240/1913 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway; the Khor Musa agreement' [76r] (156/452)
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 Docament is the Property of His Britannic Majest y's Government.]
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CONFIDENTIAL Section 1,
[4270] No. 1 .
Sir Edward Grey to Count Benckendorff.
SIR E. GREY presents his compliments to the Russian Ambassador, and has the
honour to acknowledge the receipt of his Excellency’s communication of the 25th ultimo,
respecting the mining concession which is the subject of negotiation between the
Persian Government and a British syndicate.
The negotiations in question have been intermittently carried on for some years,
and Sir E. Grey understands from a recent telegram from His Majesty’s Minister at
Tehran that the Russian Minister has long been cognisant of the proposed boundaries
of the concession. As long ago as 1910 it had been arranged by Sir G. Barclay and a
representative of the syndicate at Tehran that the concession should not encroach on
the Russian sphere. It appears, however, that some confusion has recently arisen at
Tehran with regard to the limits of the concession, and the syndicate, in deference to
representations from His Majesty’s Government, have agreed to the northern boundary
of the concession being further modified so as to run in a straight line from Abadeh to
^Neh, instead of from Yezdikhast to Birjand. The effect of this change will be
apparent from the accompanying map, where the proposed limits are indicated in violet
ink.
His Majesty’s Government trust that this explanation will be fully satisfactory to
the Russian Government. They welcome an exchange of views with the Russian
Government on the subject, as they are most desirous of complete and frank co-operation
between the two Governments in regard to all Persian questions.
Foreign Office, February 11 , 1913.
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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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