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File 4345/1912 'Trans-Persian Railway' [156v] (317/330)
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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2& To sum up I venture to think that the attitude of India towards
this matter should be—
(1) To cordially accept and support the proposal that an international
line should be made from Seistan to Baku.
(2) To assist in this project India would build at once, with its own
funds, the line from Nushki to Seistan and include it in her
railway system. The gauge of this line at the present time to
be left to India to decide, but it he made an essential point that a
break of gauge should cecur at Seistan junction.
(5) The sole right to make railways in Persia should be secured by the
concessionaires of the international line and all branches should
be built internationally.
(4) The basis on which railway rates are to bo charged should be a
matter for future consideration and agreement.
(5) Detailed surveys of the Nushki-Seistan should he put in hand at once.
29. If it is ultimately decided that India should support the proposed
international line all branches to be made under the same international arrange
ment, the branches from B tndar Abhas to Kerman and Bushire to Ispahan
being essentially parts of the w hole project, if possible, it would be very
advisable to urge the claim of India to be allowed to actually construct these
two branches for the international Company.
The international scheme in character is very like the Suez canal and
Panama canal projects and enormous sums will be spent on flotation and largo
profits made out of placing and carrying out contracts, and it will be a long
time before the public can be educated up to taking up shares. On economical
grounds, therefore, it would be of advantage to have these two branches
constructed by Indian
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, and it would be of still greater advantage if India
offered to find the money to build these two lines in pnticipation of the actual
promotion of the international Company and the finding of its capital.
If the international scheme fai.rd to mature, India would be left with
two useful branches in Persia secured by taking advantage of the present state
of affairs.
30. As an official reason why India should make these branches it might
he urged that she has immense experience of the construction of railways in
countries like Persia, that she has staff and material ready at band and could
begin work at once and carry it out economically.
T. It. Wynne,
6th January 1911i President, Railway Board,
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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.
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- 1 volume (163 folios)
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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.
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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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