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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [158r] (322/396)
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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21
Letter from
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.
to Foreign
Office, 4th June 1908.
(P. 164).
Pol. 3160/08.
Mr. Marling’s Despatch No. 157, 17th
June 1908.
(P. 39).
Pol. 3524/08.
t This Sub-Committee eventually re
ported, on the 26th January 1909, when it
observed that “ the. proposals made to the
“ Russian Government ” (z.e., in the memo
randum handed to M. Isvolski on the 14th
October 1908, see paragraph 26 below),
“ will obviate the danger to British inter-
“ ests in India of the existence of a railway
“ under foreign control in Southern Persia.”
The Sub-Committee heard evidence on
the subject of railways in Persia from Sir
L. Dane, Mr. H. F. B. Lynch, M.P., Major
J. A. Douglas, and Colonel C. E. Yate,
epitomised on pp. 105-6, 110, and 112 of its
report.
Approval by His Majesty’s Govern
ment of a line through Persia to
Mohammerah.
Sir E. Grey’s Despatch No. 128, 21st
July 1908.
(P. 110).
(Pol. 3524/08.)
Mr. O’Beirne’s Telegram No. 128, 28th
July 1908.
(P. 127*.)
Letter of
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.
to Foreign Office,
1st August 1908.
(P. 189*.)
Pol. 3524/08.
Russian Aide-Memoire of 15th
August 1908.
Sir A. Nicolson’s Despatch No. 366,
18th August 1908.
(P. 286.)
Pol. 3874/08.
specially,^a good trunk road from Bunder Abbas to
Yezd via Kerman. In a letter to the Foreign
Office the
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.
remarked that the points
laised had been covered by the inquiries of the
F ersian Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial
Defence.t Mr. Marling also forwarded from Tehran
a note by Mr. Loraine, commenting on the same
memorandum, and expressing a strong preference
for railways rather than roads Incidentally Mr.
Loraine observed :—“ It is hardly doubtful that
“ the line from Mohammerah to Tehran via the Diz
\ alley is of primary importance. It is apparently
the line of least resistance from the seaboard
“ to the Iranian plateau ; it is the shortest route, it
traverses good country, it debouches at what is,
‘ for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, a good port, and not an open
“ roadstead like Bushire.
23. In replying to Mr. Marling’s despatch,
Sir E. Grey wrote as follows, describing what had
taken place during the King’s visit to the Emperor
of Russia at Reval:—
“Sir C. Hard inge informed M. Isvolsky on
that occasion that His Majesty’s Government
would approve of a line passing through Persia
and ending in the Gulf at Mohammerah, and
“ pointed out the advantages of this route from a
“ Russian point of view.
“ His Excellency studied the proposed route on
“ the map with evident interest, and observed that,
although it would have the undoubted advantage
“ of neutralising the Bagdad Railway, he feared
“ that it would be economically disadvantageous to
“ Russia, as it would facilitate the competition of
“ foreign seaborne trade with that of Russian
“ goods brought by rail.
“ Sir C. Hardinge having observed that such
“ would be the effect of all railways whithersoever
“ they might lead, his Excellency said that the
“ matter was one which would require careful
“ study, and that he would inform me later of his
U * 5)
views.
On the 28th July 1908 His Majesty’s Charge
d’Affaires reported from St. Petersburg that the
Russian Government were ready to accept in
principle a line from Julfa (the. terminus of the
Russian railway) to Mohammerah. The India
Office recognised fully the political and material
advantages of securing the concession for such a
line, but expressed misgiving regarding the financial
aspect of the question and the possible liabilities
into which India might be drawn.
24. The views of the Russian Government on
railways in Persia were next stated in an aide-
memoire of the 15th August 1908, of which a copy
is printed as Appendix IV. The Russian Govern
ment agreed in principle to a line from Julfa to
Mohammerah, and, being unable to furnish the
capital themselves, were ready to settle the financial
side of the question with Great Britain ; they also
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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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