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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [156r] (318/396)
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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17
Telegram from Viceroy, 16th March
1900.
Pol. 338/00.
Secretary of State’s Secret Despatch to
Government of India, No. 14, 6th July
1900.
(P. 15.)
Pol. 338/00.
Government of India Letter, Secret,
No. 127, 6th September 1900.
(P. 196.)
Pol. 1017/00.
Government of India Letter, Secret,
No. 183, 7th November 1901.
(P 176.)
Pol. 1376/01.
Lord Lansdowne’s Despatch to Sir
A. Hardinge, No. 2, 6th January 1902.
(P. 5.)
(Pol. 1732/02.
Secretary of State’s Secret Despatch to
Government of India, No. 8, 14th March
1902.
(P. 182.)
Pol. 1376 (a)/01.
of the OQvernment of India of the 7th November
1 JU 1 , in which attention was drawn to the dis
tinction between “ commercial pleas and political
ambitions,” and the view was expressed that, if only
the object of kussia were commercial, there was no
reason why she should not establish railway con
nection across Persia, from north to south, with
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. “ The argument ”—so ran the
minute (paragraph 2)—“that Russia can safely be
“ permitted to secure a maritime outlet for herself
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and that it is desirable that
“ Great Britain should assist, or at least not with-
“ stand, her in that consummation rests upon a
“ fundamental confusion of ideas. Those who
employ it fail altogether to discriminate between
commercial pleas and political ambitions. It may
“ be urged that, whereas Russian manufacturers.
m then attempt to gain access to the Pastern
“ markets, are at present compelled to make the
“ long and circuitous journey by the Black Sea,
“ the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the Red
Sea, be!ore they can reach the Indian Ocean, it
“ would be an advantage could they be transported
by railroads either from the Caucasus, or from the
Caspian, to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
: although the
apparent value of such a gain would probably be
“ a good deal discounted in practice by the com-
“ paratively limited trade of Russia (which, however,
“ may admit of a considerable development in the
“ future), still more by the superior cost of land
“ carriage over sea carriage. In so far as these are
“ the ambitions of Russia, it is not probable that
“ any one would seriously resist their satisfaction.
“ They can be accomplished—provided the money
“ be forthcoming —by amicable arrangements with
“ Persia and with Great Britain. I am not, myself,
“ a believer in the paying capacities of a Trans-
“ Persian line for many years to come. The country
“ itself is poor, and caunot furnish either the capital
“ or the traffic. Were the line, however, an open
“ line, it might conceivably attract the Russian
“ trade from one end, and the Indian trade from
“ the other, which would enable it to subsist. It
“ is also conceivable that capitalists might be willing
“ to come forward and construct it—-though were
“ I a capitalist, I should not be found among
“ their number—and arrangements might be made
“ by which, while the line remained Persian
“ property, the construction and maintenance of
“ the northern portion might be entrusted to Russia,
“ and those of the southern portion to Great Britain,
“ a joint guarantee of the three Governments being
“ applied to the whole. The railway might termi-
“ nate on the Gulf in a Persian port, open to the
“ commerce of all nations, but subject to the import
“ and export dues prescribed by the Persian tariff.
“ I should, myself, regard such a venture as pre-
“ mature and as speculative in the highest degree,
“ but I do not see anything in it that need neces-
“ sarily arouse political jealousy or international
“ complications.”
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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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- 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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