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File 4345/1912 'Trans-Persian Railway' [55v] (115/330)
The record is made up of 1 volume (163 folios). It was created in 1911-1913. It was written in English. 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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the accompanying letter to the Societe d’Etudes, intimating that they are able to
give them full support at Tehran in applying at once for a concession from the
Russian frontier to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Your Excellency will observe that, as regards an extension within the British
sphere towards the Indian frontier, His Majesty’s Government have intimated that,
in their opinion, the time has not yet come to take up the ^ question of through
connection with India, and they therefore advise the Societe d’Etudes, in their own
interests, to devote their attention to branch and local lines on their commercial
merits.
In view of the cautious language which has always been used by the Russian
Government and Russian statesmen alike regarding the construction of a through
railway to India, His Majesty’s Government believe that the Russian Government will
appreciate their point of view, and the sincerity of their conviction that the course
indicated is that best calculated to preserve and increase the cordiality of the
understanding now happily existing between the two nations; they accordingly invite
the concurrence of the Russian Government in the course suggested in the
accompanying letter.
As your Excellency reported to me at the time, the Russian Government did not
propose to give a definite reply to the points enumerated in my despatch No. 129 of
the 10th May 1911 until the Societe d’iCtudes had submitted the report on the survey.
As, however, the situation has now substantially changed owing to the nature of the
application to be made to the Persian Government, I have to request your Excellency
to recall the communication which you then made to the Russian Government, and to
express the hope that they may now be willing to communicate their acceptance of
the conditions which His Majesty’s Government proposed, except in so far as point 4 is
modified by the terms of the letter to Sir W. Garstin, and by the arrangement agreed
to with M. Sazonoff respecting the Mohammerah-Khorremabad line last autumn.
You should communicate to M. Sazonoff a copy of the accompanying letter, and
you should furnish his Excellency with full explanations in the sense of this despatch.
I am, &c.
E. GREY.
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- Content
This volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports, a press cutting and a map, relating to the connection of the railway system of Europe to the railway system of India by the construction of railway lines through Persia.
The discussion in the volume relates to the proposal of a Russian consortium and the response of the Government of India to this proposal. A Report (No. 18 of 1911' folios 144 - 160) notes that the Government of India would do well to accept in principle the Russian proposal subject to a number of modifications. A map entitled 'Indexed Map Showing Proposed Railways in Persia' (folio 160) accompanies the report. Suggested modifications included:
- the point of intersection of the trans-Persian railway with the Indian railway system (British preference for Karachi); and concessions for branch lines (Bandar Abbas, Charbar, Mohammerah);
- the requirement that both main and branch lines in Persian territory be deemed international with Russia and Britain holding preponderant shares and Persia included as a participant;
- and the use of a different gauge railway in the British and Russian zones. As a quid pro quo for their support on this matter Britain expected the Russians to cease any consideration of extending the Trans-Caspian Railway to the Persia-Afghan border.
Also discussed are the negotiations about a loan between the Société des Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan and the Persian Government and a suggestion that the British and French governments should guarantee a substantial loan by securing it against the crown jewels.
The following topics are also discussed: the Foreign Office proposal to refer the whole question of railway development in Persia to the Committee of Imperial Defence; a draft application for the concession; a memorandum by Brigadier General A H Gordon; dispatch of instructions to His Majesty's Ambassador at St Petersberg on the attitude of the Her Majesty's Government; the view of the Sir G Buchanan on the attitude of the Russian Government to the question of alignment.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, the Earl of Crewe; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, E H S Clark; His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; 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 Percy Zachariah Cox; the President of the Railway Board; Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.
This volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (163 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 4345 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of 1 volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 163; 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.
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- File 4345/1912 'Trans-Persian Railway'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:42v, 43v:159v, 161r:162v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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