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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [160r] (326/396)
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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25
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 Oflice,
17th December 1909.
(P. 164.)
Pol. 1706/09.
Letter of Foreign Office to
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.
24th December 1909.
(P. 190.)
Pol. 4374/09.
Sir A. Nicolson’s Despatch No. 16, 9th
January 1910.
(P. 42.)
Pol. 2911/10.
Sir Gf. Barclay’s Despatch No. 223, 30th
December 1909.
(P. 37.)
Pol. 2898/10.
Letter of Foreign Office to
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.
,
25th January 1910.
(P. 64.)
Pol. 2898/10.
Letter of Foreign Office to Mr. Stratford
Andrews, 7th February 1910.
P. 101.
Pol. 29f 1/10.
u 01 f concession lor the construction of a caravan
u road betw een Bunder Abbas and Kerman with
a Powers to develop such caravan road into a cart
u r ? a(1 ’ and nlso to run motor traffic along it, and
u als + ° + ^ bu ; d n railway, should railways be per-
(< netted m Persia, either along the alignment of
u ^ he i ; oad ltse tf> or by a track which may be
a °! 1 1 nd ^ore convenient for the progress of a
railway. ihe alignment suggested was via
Minab, Began, and Bam, about 430 miles
The views of the Government of India on the
project were stated in a telegram, dated the 14th
December 1909, of which copy was enclosed in a
letter to the Foreign Office of the 17th idem.
1 hey expressed a preference for a cart road that
might be converted into a railway, and remarked
that the right to police the road in some form
would presumably be included in the concession.
1 hey added that they could only contemplate the
Pi eject ii ilis Majesty’s Government were satisfied
that a corresponding movement on the part of
Russia towards Meshed would not be the conse
quence.
Lord Morley, in forwarding the telegram,
reminded the Foreign Office of the views he
had already expressed as to an Askhabad-Meshed
line (paragraph 25—end), and the Foreign Office
in reply undertook to repeat their request to the
Russian Government that a line should not be built
from Askhabad to Meshed; they further pointed
out that financial considerations would probably
exclude it. Sir A. Nicolson, it may be added,
shortly afterwards expressed doubt whether an
Askhabad-Meshed bne would be likely to be enter
tained by Russia as a serious project for some time
to come, and he did not think that a cart road from
Bunder Abbas to Kerman would awaken any anxiety
in Russia.
Sir G. Barclay concurred in the view that the
project of a Bunder Abbas-Kerman road merited in
principle the support of His Majesty’s Government,-
but held out no very confident hope that the
Medjliss would grant a concession, and added that
the country was too unsafe to allow a survey to
be undertaken without a strong escort. After
consulting the India Oflice, the Foreign Office
informed Mr. Stratford Andrews, who was acting
on behalf of the gentlemen named, that their
request was being caref ully considered, but that the
Persian Government were in no position at the
moment to supply the escort that would be
necessary.
Prof osed examination by Lieutenant
Wilson of a connection between Bushire
and the Bunder Abb T,s-Shiraz route.
Letter of India Oflice to Foreign Office,
28th October 1909.
(P. 58.)
Pol. 1388/09.
30. A short time previously 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.
had asked the view's of the Foreign Office as to a
proposal of the Government of India that Lieu
tenant A. T. Wilson, after leaving Mohammerah,
should be retained in Persia, at the joint charge of
the British and Indian exchequers, in order to
examine the question of affecting a connection
between Bushire and some point on the Jahrum-
S. 47. n
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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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