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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [170v] (347/396)
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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46
was observed that it would strongly compete with
a Khanikin-Tehran railway.
50. On the 10th May 1911, the Foreign Office
addressed a despatch to Sir 0 . Fuchanan, instructing
him to inform the Russian Government that His
Majesty’s Government were ready to assent in
principle to a Trans-Persian Railway, and to agree
to the initiation of negotiations between its pro
moters in this country and in Russia, subject to the
following conditions :—
“1. The line shall enter the British sphere
“ at Bunder Abbas instead of at Kerman, subject
“ to reconsideration as the result of actual survey,
“ and shall in any case join the Indian railway
“ system at Karachi and not at Aushki.
2. There shall be a break of gauge at Bunder
“ Abbas, or wherever the line enters the British
“ sphere of influence in Persia.
“3. In return for the co-operation of Great
“ Britain in the project, which examination has
“ shown to be likely to benefit Russia far moie
“ than Great Britain or India, Russia shall pledge
“ herself not to entertain or support, without
“ coming to an understanding with Great Britain,
“ any proposal for a line in the neighbourhood of
“ the Perso-Afghan frontier within the Russian or
“ neutral sphere in Persia.
“ 4. Russia shall support demands made by
“ Great Britain of the Persian Government _ for
“ concessions of the following branch lines
“ connected with the proposed Trans-Persian
“ Railway :—
“ (a) From Mohammerah to Khoremabad, with
“ a branch to port to be constructed at
Instructions to Sir G. Buchanan as
to proposed Trans-Persian Railway.
Sir E. Grey’s Despatch No. 129,
10th May 1911.
Pol. 3540/11.
“ Khor Musa.
“ (6) From Bunder Abbas or Charbar, via Regan
“ and Bam to Kerman.
“ (c) From Bushire, via Aliabad, to some point
“ on a line—
u (d) From Bunder Abbas, via Shiraz, to
“ Ahwaz.
“ 5. The mam line and those of the above
“ branches which lie in the neutral sphere— i.e., (a),
“ (c), and (d) —shall be internationalised ; but the
“ branch which lies entirely in the British sphere—
“ i.e., (b )—shall be a purely British project.
“ 6. Absolute equality of treatment in all respects
shall be guaranteed to British and British-Indian
“ trade passing over the line and its branches.
Sir G. Buchanan was to be at liberty to explain
frankly that the first three of these conditions were
dictated by strategic considerations, and had been
inserted m the interest of India. He could further
make it clear that His Majesty’s Government
gxpj’csscd no opinion as to the commercial or
financial aspects of the question.
In a note dated the 23rd May, Mr. Huth-Jackson
was informed of the main heads of the instructions
issued to Sir G. Buchanan.
Note of Foreign Office to Mr. Huth-
Jackson, 23rd May 1911.
Pol. 3700/11.
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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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