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File 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining concession' [51v] (107/428)
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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(Received on 9th July 1917, vnlh PoUtical Secretary’s letter No. 23, dated 7th June
Foreign Office, S.W. 1.
May 7th, 1917.
No. m-84168-17.
Sir \
i 4 . 4 . * t> T/L 7 Q nf the 16th ultimo,^! am directed by Lord
With reference to your letter* P.-MWoUheiet^ to ^ he] . ewith;
♦Serial No. (32\ to i a id before Mr. Secretary Chamberlain
a copy of a le\from the t
Persian Government ha\e no y . , ^ survey of the railway line from
expenses inc “™ d ^ ^XaTand suggesting that some definite arrangements
“rmaarfmXmlbmsrment ft snc^expenditure before any company
m companks be formed for the actual construction work of the railway.
Tt annears to Lord Robert Cecil not improbable that the Persian Government
peS\he Syndicate on this account to hold up the whole question of railway
construction to Kerman. \ I
T ord Robert Cecil would be alad to receive Mr. Chamberlain’s observations
on the general question and to iea&what action Mr. Chamberlain would suggest m
the above mentioned eventuality. \ '
A copy of this letter has been sent to the Director of Military Intelligence.
I am,
Sir,
Vour most obedient, humble Servant,
\ E. GRAHAM.
X
The Under Secretary of State,
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.
'.
Enclosure of Serial No. (39).
(84168) . ' /
\
Persian Rail ways Syndicate, Limited,
W in Chester House,
Old ^road Street,
London E. C.
April 23rd, 1917.
* i
Sir, / _ \
With rejference to the proposalj that this Syndicate should n<%v apply to the
Persian Government for a concession for
t C/. Serial f. (29) and enclosures. the railway from Bandar Abbffe to Kerman
which is included in their programme of railway construction for Persia I beg to
point out that the Persian Government have so far not re-imbursed thfe Syndicate
for the expenses incurred in connection with the survey of the line from 3|ohamme
rah to Khorramabad, and that before any further survey work is undertaken
for the Persian Government some definite arrangement should be made ior the
re-imbursement of such expenditure, pending the formation of the company or
companies by which the actual construction work will be eventually undertaken.
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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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