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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [‎167r] (340/396)

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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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39
McMahon) summarised his arguments and main
conclusions in the following words :—
“It is unwise to expect that the present isolation
“ of Persia can longer continue, or that we can
“ indefinitely maintain freedom for India from inter-
“ communication by rail from the West.
“ The present proposal offers opportunities of a
“ mutual arrangement on favourable terms, and, if
“ we decline to take advantage of it, we may be
“ compelled hereafter to seek similar inter-railway
“ connection under less favourable conditions.
“ The proposed railway must benefit Russian
“ trade in much larger proportion than British
“ trade, but it will benefit Indian trade, and largely
“ increase the bulk of both British and Indian
“ trade by the opening up of Persia.
“ It will increase the receipts of Indian railways,
“ and thereby benefit Indian revenues.
“The military or political disadvantages of
“ inter-railway communication are less than might
“ at first sight be supposed, and are largely counter-
“ acted by the access alforded by the line to
“ Seistan.
“ These conclusions are arrived at on the
“ assumption that our efforts are directed to pre-
“ venting the line destroying the autonomy of
“ Persia.
“ On the above grounds the proposal merits
“ favourable reception, but in order to minimize
“ the preliminary advantages of Russia, to assist
“ British trade, prevent Russia getting an undue
“ start of British and Indian trade, and for strategic
“ purposes it is absolutely esssential: -
“ (1.) To construct a line under British control
“ from Bunder Abbas or other Gulf port to
“ the central line.
k ‘ (2.) That the Indian railway system be ex-
“ tended to the Indo-Persian border by the
“ easiest and quickest route, i.e., from Nushki.
“ (3.) That work on (1) and also from the Indo-
“ Persian border westwards should commence
“ simultaneously with that at the Russian end.
“ (4.) That work on (2) be pushed on with speed
“ without necessarily waiting for the com-
“ mencement of the Persian line.
“ (5.) That a line be constructed in due course
“ from Karachi to meet the central line within
“ British limits.
“ (6.) That no time be lost in commencing the
“ necessary railway surveys for all the above
“ lines.”
um of Mv. F. Noel Paton,
r 1910.
(Enclosure 3.)
(3.) The Director-General of Commercial Intel
ligence (Mr. P. Noel Patou) emphasised the difficulty
of determining to what extent India’s present trade
towards Seistan and northwards might grow under
the influence of a railway. He agreed generally m
the view of the Board of Trade as to the value of the
proposed railway for trade purposes, and advocated
the immediate construction of a line from the Gulf
inland. He laid stress on the civilising tendencies
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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.

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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