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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [106r] (218/396)
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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CON FIDENTIAL.
Sir G. Buchanan to Sir Edward Grey .—(Received March 27, O'oO p.m.)
St. Peter$burgh, March 27, 1912, 8’55 p.m.
(No. 122.) y
YOUR telegram No. 279
In the course of conversation to-day, I spoke to Minister for Foreign Affairs about
the Persian loan, and asked whether it was his intention to raise question of Trans-
Persian Railway in connection with it. His Excellency replied that we must certainly
not lose so good an opportunity for obtaining the concession.
On my observing that British interests were more concerned with Mohammerah
line, and that pressure might therefore be brought to bear on His Majesty’s Govern
ment to obtain concession for it, his Excellency repeated all the objections which the
Russian Government have to that railway whilst I recapitulated all our former
arguments in support of it. His Excellency said that Minister of Finance would be
sure to oppose it, but finally seemed to take more favourable view that it might stop
construction of Gulf section [sic] and perhaps replace Khanikin line.
After the aide-memoire enclosed in my despatch No. 78*of last year, I do not see
how the Russian Government can object to our asking for concession if our present
purpose is only to earmark the railway. We should, however, inform them of our
intention beforehand. If, on the other hand, we propose to proceed with construction
we must, m accordance with assurances we gave in March of last year, discuss the whole
question with them so as to see how Russian interests can best be safeguarded.
If construction is contemplated at an early date, it might be well for the syndicate
to send a representative, but I had perhaps better first be instructed to approach
Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs officially on the subject. There is certain to be
strong opposition to the line in commercial circles, and I am not in a position to judere
whether the view taken by the Minister for Foreign Affairs as to its possible effect on
the Bagdad lines can be pressed.
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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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- File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:30v, 31v:49v, 50v:52r, 53v:55v, 56v:66v, 71v, 73v:79v, 85r:92v, 93v:176r, 178r:180r, 181v:183v, 185r:194v, back-i
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