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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [‎145v] (297/396)

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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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at Ali Gijan, Madian End Chinar, Bardaghul, Dureh, and Changai would again
have to be rebridged near Dureh and the Khoremabad river below the town. From
Khoremabad to Burujird via Zagheh and Kazan is always practicable for wheels, and
little expense would be incurred except on the section between Kazan and the Silakhor
va ll e y
This route is about 220 miles long, and I have divided it into thirteen stages; Jft
it is said to have been used in past times by Persian artillery ; it was traversed by *
De Bode 1835 and Schindler 1889, and was undoubtedly a main artery of trade in
Sassanian times, witness the great bridge of Pul-i-Kurr o Dukhtar in the Tang-i-
Khirsdarr. *
I am satisfied it is the shortest practicable cart-road. The experience of the road
company in South Persia is, I believe, that it does not pay to carry merchandise in
carts as a rule, pack animals being cheaper. It is possible therefore that a 183 miles
pack mule road from Dizful to Burujird in the Kiyalan would be of greater assistance
to our trade than a 217 mile cart track, which involves greater expense and a larger
staff along the road; but it may be held also that under the concession the
construction of a cart-road is obligatory, the phrase “ route chaussee ” being used
in the title, though nowhere else, according to the English translation in my
possession.
It should also be borne in mind that where ordinary carts might not pay, motor
traffic would perhaps do so ; the employment of a Kenard train has recently been
advocated on the Bondar Abbas-Kerman road for instance.
Further that the transport company has hitherto found itself quite unable to
arrange for a sufficient supply of mules on the road in which they are interested ; a mule
road, unless well organised, would not serve the purpose of distributing British goods
into the present Prussian zone, which is served by a well-organised cart-road from Rasht
to Hamadan.
List of Photographs.
(From De Morgan's (( Mission scientifique en Perse : Etudes geogi^aphigues," vol. ii.)
[The breakdown of the panorama camera which I carried unfortunately
prevented my taking any views myself]
No.
Description.
1
Saidmarreii Valley, view taken west of Jaidar.
2
Kabir Kuh from the Saidmarreh Valley.
3
Pul-i-Tang - , across Saidmarreh Eiver.
4
Kuh-i-Dasht plain.
5
Kuh-i-Taf or Chinara.
6
Sarab-i-Naikash, west of Khoremabad, looking- north.
7
Kashgan Valley.
8
Kashgan bridge.
9
Yafteh Kuh.
10
Khoremabad.
11
Khoremabad.
12
Burujird.
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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.

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1 volume (194 folios)
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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.

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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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