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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [‎14r] (34/396)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 31 Oct 1911-25 Nov 1912. 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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As regards 1 and 2, the position was fully explained to the Russian Government
in Sir George Buchanan’s note to M. Sazonof dated the 27th February, 1911.
With regard to 3, the difficulty is mainly due to the decision of the Russian
Government in 1909 to insist on the strict observance of the law requiring claimants
to appear before the proper district courts in Russia, either personally or by attorney.
In view of the inconvenience involved to British Indian claimants, the Government
of India proposed a reciprocal arrangement to cover the case of Russians dying in
India, as well as of British Indians dying in Russia. This proposal was placed before
the Russian Government in Mr. O’Beirne’s note of the 23rd October, 1910, to which
no reply has yet been received.
The following specific instances of the inconvenience to which British Indian
subjects are liable to be put, owing to the absence of British consular representation,
may be cited :—
1. The case of Abdul Rashid Hadji Mohammedinof, reported in Sir G. Buchanan’s
despatch No. 57, 8th March, 1911, who was refused permission to remain at Kerki to
wind up his affairs. The British Ambassador’s intervention on the man’s behalf was
unsuccessful.
2. The case of Tiritsing, son of Nandarsing, and Surtaram, son of Seetarum, who
were arrested at Samarkand at the beginning of the present year, apparently on the
charge of being spies. The charge is believed to be quite without foundation. The
men were kept in prison till the 14th June, 1912, when they were released on bail.
The British Ambassador has made representations to the Russian Government with a
view to the men’s trial being expedited, and their papers being returned to them. (See
Sir G. Buchanan’s despatch No. 255, 17th August, 1912.)
Foreign Office, October 4, 1912.
(3-)
Trans-Persian Railway.
His Majesty’s Government share the view of the Russian Government^ that it
is desirable to occupy the ground by securing an option for the boeiete d Etudes,
whereby the two Governments will be in a position to say when and where a Trans-
Persian line would be built. 4 n
His Majesty’s Government have therefore no objection to the Russian Govern
ment constructing a line to Tehran, and, subject to all the reserves and conditions
already stipulated as to the route of the railway outside the Russian sphere, and
that it shall not, without agreement with His Majesty’s Government, proceed Deyond
the Russian sphere, have authorised His Majesty s Minister at Tehian to co-opera e
with his Russian colleague to secure the said option for the Societe d Etudes
The British group of the Societe d’Etudes have also been informed that they
would be justified in sending to Tehran a representative to co-operate with represen
tatives of the other groups of the societe to the same end.
As regards the suggestion that the soeieth should be encouraged to make a big
loan to the Persian Government, such action appears somewhat difficult, as theie is to
be no Anglo-Russian guarantee.
Foreign Office, October 4, 1912.
(4.)
British Railways in Persia.
The British syndicate which has applied to the Persian Government tor ^a
concession for the construction of certain railways m Sou er y
Persian Railways Syndicate, but does not include Messrs.^ e igman. .pi ^
A. the rul..^ to q.e.fcll, “TZ'tobiMt.nl late, eipr««<l
inter alia, that the Russian Government would suppoit the Bi
railways in question.

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The volume concerns proposals for the construction of a British-owned railway between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad] in Persia.

The papers include: the response of the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the Government of Persia, and the Government of Russia to the proposals; an 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. 'Memorandum on Persian Railways' dated June 1911 (including a map entitled ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Adjacent Countries', dated June 1908, on folio 184, to illustrate the memorandum); a Government of India 'Report of the Committee on the Proposed Trans-Persian Railway', February 1911 (folios 126-128); 'Report to the Board of Trade by Mr. H. W. Maclean, Special Commissioner of the Commercial Intelligence Committee to Persia, on certain matters connected with Persian Trade' (folios 101-104), and letter giving the views of the Board of Trade on the proposed railway, 25 March 1912 (folios 96-99); correspondence from the Persian Railways Syndicate, which stated it was surprised at the 'lukewarm attitude' towards the project of the Government of India (folio 80); discussion of proposals to negotiate a lease of Khor Musa [Khowr-e Mūsá] from the Shaikh of Mohammerah (folios 26-54); and interest in Khor Musa from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (folios 38-39).

There is also significant correspondence in the file from the Foreign Office and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox).

The volume contains copies of earlier correspondence and agreements from 1903-1911.

The French language content of the volume consists of approximately ten folios of diplomatic correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (194 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of volume.

The subject 930 (Mohammerah-Khoremabad Railway) consists of one volume only.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 194; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-51; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and French in Latin script
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