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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [67r] (140/396)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.1
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[June 15.]
Suction 1.
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[25448] No. 1.
Persian Railways Syndicate to Foreign Office.—(Received June 15.)
Winchester House, Old Broad Street,
feir ’ iA ^ j i • n London, June 13, 1912.
W E beg to tender you our apologies for not having forwarded the revised copy of
the Persian Railways Syndicate draft contract on Monday last as promised in our letter
of the 4th June The clean draft has only just been received from our solicitors and
we hasten to send you two copies herewith.
We are, &c.
(For the Persian Railways Syndicate, Limited)
W. S. W. BIRD,
Secretary.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Contract between the Persian Government and the Persian Railways Syndicate.
Draft with alterations as agreed to date 16th May, 1912.
Contract entered into between the duly accredited representative of the Government
of His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia (hereinafter called “ the Government ”)
of the one part and the Persian Railways Syndicate (Limited) a company
incorporated under the Laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(hereinafter called “the Syndicate ”) of the other part for the survey construction
and working of the railways and other works hereunder mentioned subject to the
provisions of this contract.
Article 1.
The Government grants to the Syndicate the exclusive privilege during the period
of this contract for the survey construction and working of the railways hereunder
mentioned in the Kingdom of Persia to be worked entirely or in part by steam oil or by
electricity at the discretion of the Syndicate :— " —**
(Firstly.) A line of railway commencing from Mohammerah and/or Khor Musa or
other convenient point adjacent thereto and running to Khoremabad or Burujird:
(Secondly.) A line of railway commencing from Bunder Abbas or other convenient
point adjacent thereto and running to Kerman :
(Thirdly.) A line of railway commencing from Bunder Abbas or other convenient
point adjacent thereto and running to Shiraz :
(Fourthly.) A line of railway commencing from Bunder Abbas or other convenient
point adjacent thereto and running to Mohammerah:
and also of constructing and working a harbour or port at any of the above-mentioned
termini. The expression “railways” or “railway” where used in this contract shall
include such harbour or port.
Article 2.
Unless the Government and the Syndicate shall otherwise agree the survey and
construction of the said railways shall be proceeded with in the order mentioned in
article 1 hereof and subject to the provisions hereinafter contained the survey and
construction of the said railways subsequent to the railways hereinbefore firstly
described shall not be proceeded with unless and until the railway immediately
preceding shall have been opened for public traffic.
Article 3.
The Government guarantees to the Syndicate that during the period of this
contract it will not permit the construction of any other parallel or competing line
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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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