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File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries' [109r] (222/900)
The record is made up of 1 volume (448 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1911-27 Dec 1913. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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SECRET.
26 AUG 19 1 .3
Diary of the Miiitary Attache, Meshed, f No. 25, for the week ending the 5th
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Administration.
Communications.
Railways.
,i. . . . ^ iiuiuutJi. oi conauctors nave tendered
tneir resignations in consequence. It is curious that this reduction, motived it
is stated, by a deficient estimate on this head, should have been given effect
to m the face of recent recommendations for the increase of salaries of minor
employes as one means of checking dishonesty on the line.
360. Khiva line -project.—Ike sanction of Government has been received to I
the survey for construction of a line 1,160 miles in length from the station of
Alexandrov Gai on the Ryazan-Uralsk Railway to that of Charjui on the Central
Asian Railway. Presumably this refers to the final survey before the actual
commencement of construction.
361. Semiryechia railway pro/ect'.—Engineer Diedulov has postponed his
visit to Petersburg till he has completed an inspection of preparatory work along
the whole length of the projected line. He will be accompanied by the newly-
appointed Government Inspector of construction of the line, Engineer Yesaev.
This official was concerned in the construction of the Andijan branch and in that
of the southern portion of the Tashkend line.
An engineer has been deputed to carry out a survey for the prolongation of
the line from Yyerni to Jarkend.
362. Feeder projects. —The Company for the construction of branch lines in ’
Russian Central Asia propose the construction of :—
(a) A line (presumably normal gauge) from the station of Tejen on the
Central Asian Railway (479 miles from Krasnovodsk) to Chacha on
the Russo-Persian frontier. The line would have a length of 59 miles
and stations would be constructed at^—
As regards construction, the first portion presents no difficulties; but in the latter
the ground is somewhat intersected, with a rise to Chacha. The estimated cost is
£380,000 (40,000 rubles per verst; the Tashkent line cost 78,000 rubles per verst).
The projected line would traverse the richest portion of the Tejen oasis, which
exports at the present moment a considerable quantity of grain as well as cotton, but
the Company reckons for their profits mainly on capturing the major portion of the
caravan traffic between Meshed and Transcaspia and on diverting it from other
routes, as the terminal point at Chacha would be little over 60 miles from Meshed by
a caravan route used at the present time by both camels and mules. If it proved
possible in the future to continue the line to Meshed itself the importance of Askh-
abad as a commercial centre would be destroyed.
Ak Jukala
Kalmyk Bek
Meana
Juma Bek ..
Lower Chacha
Upper Chacha
.. 9 miles from Tejen.
.. 21 miles from Tejen.
.. 29 miles from Tejen.
.. 38 miles from Tejen.
.. 48 miles from Tejen.
.. 59 miles from Tejen.
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This volume contains copies of the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain.
The reports of the Military Attaché in Meshed are divided into the following sections: Communications, Telegraphs, Navigation, Ethnography, Administration, Geography, History, Military and Resources. The Consular diaries are less formulaic and more varied in content, but all contain a political summary.
On folio 344, the volume contains a copy of an illustration that depicts the bombardment of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad by Russian forces that took place in 1912. A translation of the Farsi poem that appears around the illustration is contained on folio 343.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened and the subject heading. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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- 1 volume (448 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The subject 52 (Persia Diaries) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/209-211.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 448; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:342v, 345r:447v, back-i
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