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File 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining concession' [37r] (78/428)
The record is made up of 1 volume (210 folios). It was created in 1916-1932. 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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The proposals of what is called the Russo Con
ti
sortium as to the railways in Persia were considered
in I9II. It seems to have been generally agreed, that
the main line should run Paku-Resht-Teheran-Ispahan-
Yezd. The Committee on the subject proposed that
from there the line should touch the coast at Bunder
Abbas,and follow the coast from there to Karachi.
Colonel (now Sir Percy) Cox was in favour of Yezd-
Regan to the coast at Pozni and so to Karachi.Branch
lines were recommended from Muhamrnerah through Shiraz
to Bunder Abbas,and from Pushire to Shiraz;from Bun
der Abbas to Regan and Chahbar to Bampur on the
second alternative main line.
The only strategic railway that we have con
structed so far in this part of the world is the
Quetta-Nushki-Mirjawar line,and there is a nronosi-
H ^
tion in the Awm* nHt ywttti papers to
urolong this through Basratabad to Kerman. This,how-
iLuuni—
ever,does not sssssasr to have been nart of the origi
nal Russian nroposals,.and appears to have been added
by Sir Henry McMahon. By the original proposal,as
modified by Sir Henry McMahon and Sir Percy Cox,the
.line would pass through Kerman,so that this would
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fit in with any proposed prolongation of our one
strategic railway in those parts. Obviously^it is
to our great advantage to bring the main lin . he
A
coast and to keen it along the coast between Bunder
command it from the sea.
The revival of the main proposal just now seems
to be inconvenient,and it is to be honed that it can
be nut into the back ground arain till the
Abbas and Karachi,whfi£e~~we shall always be able to
end of the war.
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Continuation of correspondence and memoranda regarding the proposed construction of railways in Persia, and additional bids for mining concessions.
The correspondents are the 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. Political Department, the Foreign Office, HM Minister at Teheran [Charles Murray Marling], Marquess Curzon, the Board of Trade, and the French and Russian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom. The file also contains letters received from representatives of the Société d'Études du Chemin de fer Transpersan [André Jean Bénac], Baring Brothers & Company Limited, and Charles Greenway, representing the Persian Railway Syndicate, Kerman Mining Concession, and Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The following topics are discussed:
- announcement of the Russian construction of a line from Baku to Julfa, and the intention to construct a line from Baku to Tehran;
- the proposal of the Russian section of the Société d'Études to apply for an option to construct a line from Asatar via Resht and Kasvin to Tehran;
- further proposals to construct lines from Askabad to Meshed, and Enzeli to Tehran;
- requests for Russian mining concessions in North Persia;
- the Trans-Persian Railway scheme, French requests to restart the scheme, and the proposed liquidation of the Société d'Études in 1919 and 1932;
- proposals received from the Greenway Group [Persian Railway Syndicate and Kerman Mining Concession] to apply for options to construct a rail line between Bundar Abbas and Kerman, and for mining concessions;
- revision of the 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement;
- oil drilling operations on the island of Kishm.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following reports of interest:
- memorandum by Marquess Curzon regarding the likely results of war in the Middle East, and future rail and mining concessions in Persia, ff 176-83, with a printed copy at f 163;
- Political Department memo C167 on the Kerman Mining Concession, ff 122-23;
- Political Department memo C168 on 'Mining Concessions in the Islands and Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : the Nuin-ut-Thijjar's position', ff 124-26;
- a history of the Société d'Études, including details of its capitalisation and constitution, ff 17-28.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (210 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 4045 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/416-417. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.
Papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folio three is a collection header sheet, giving the subject heading and a list of correspondence references found within the file, listed by year.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 212; 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 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining concession'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:12v, 29r:39v, 41r:49v, 50v:54v, 56r:75v, 78r:88v, 92r:93v, 96r:105v, 108r:141v, 143r:168v, 172r:186v, 189r:199v, 202r:206v, 208r:211v, back-i
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