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File 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining concession' [‎173r] (350/428)

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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Cypher telegram to Sir C,Marling (Teheran) v
Foreign Office* August 3rd 191.6. 7 p.m,
No.3b4o
My telegram No.338 of July 20th.
Syndicate observe that loan of £100,000 was not
part of the terns originally propounded and that a
special issue to this small amount of 5% Persian
Government bonds, ranking next in priority to those
issued in 1911, may create difficulty in the way of
other issues which will probably become necessary after
the war. They would prefer, therefore, to apply for
mining concession on the terms already discussed and
to omit all reference to loan*. If, however, this
appears to be an essential condition to their obtaining
the concession they would agree provided that the
money should not be payable until the Syndicate has
satisfied itself as to the value of the mineral deposits
in question, inspection of these deposits to be carried
out so soon as local conditions permit and in any case
no later than a period of two years.
Do these terms provide reasonable basis for
settlement and in view of large demands which may have
to be made on the Persian Government in connection with
proposals contained in your telegram No,474 of July
24th t is it still desirable now to press for mining
concession?
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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.
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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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English and French in Latin script
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