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File 930/1912 'Mohammerah - Khoremabad Railway' [‎192r] (390/396)

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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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Ppas Document is t.he Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
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PERSIA.
^CONFIDENTIAL.
[50539]
[December 18. j
Section 1.
S£?* G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received December 18, 1911.J
(No. 231.)
Tehran, November 29, 1911.
W11H reference to my telegram No. 530 of the 31st ultimo, 1 have the honour
to transmit copy of a despatch from His Majesty’s consul-general at Bushire, forwarding
a report from His Majesty’s consul at Mohammerah, of a conversation with the Sheikh
of Mohammerah regarding the Mohaunnerah—Khoremabad railway.
As regards article 4 in the draft contract providing for the free grant of land by
the Persian Government for the purposes of the railway, Captain Haworth suggests
that it might be possible to make a private arrangement with the sheikh allotting him
a certain number of shares in the company. This suggestion would appear to be
impracticable from the nature of the undertaking.
I he sheikh, however, as well as other powerful landowners, will doubtless require
compensation for the land used, and I am inclined to think that when the negotiations
are resumed with the Persian Government, it would be better to modify article 4 in a
sense less likely to provoke the hostility of those whose lands would have to be
expropriated.
I have, &c.
G. BABCLAY.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Cox to Sir G. Barclay.
Sir, Bushire, October 17, 1911.
I HAVE the honour to forward, for your Excellency’s information, copy ol a letter
received from His Majesty’s consul, Mohammerah, on the subject of the application for
a concession for a Khor-Musa-Khoremabad mil way and the interests of the sheikh of
Mohammerah in connection therewith.
I have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British Resident in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and His Majesty's Consul-
General for Lars, &c.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Consul Haworth to Colonel Cox.
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Sir,
Mohammerah, October 7, 1911.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that in accordance with the instructions
contained in your telegrams Nos. 964 and 965 of the 2nd October, I informed the
Sheikh of Mohammerah that a company of high standing had approached the Persian
Government with the offer of a loan for the construction of a railway from Mohammerah
or Khor-Musa to Khoremabad, that the company was an entirely British one, and
proposed to construct and work the line, and that the treasurer-general had placed the
proposals before the cabinet with a view to their being submitted to the Medjliss. The
sheikh left himself entirely in our hands, and said he trusted that we would see that
his rights were maintained; as in my former conversation with him on the subject he
referred to the fact that a railway would render him far more accessible to the Persian
Government, and said that he relied on us to support him against encroachments.
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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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English and French in Latin script
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