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Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’ [24r] (47/143)
The record is made up of 1 file (70 folios). It was created in 16 Jun 1931-18 Nov 1940. 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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^HIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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August 26, 1935.
Section 2.
[E 5143/499/34]
Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen to Sir Samuel Hoare.—(Received August 26.)
(No. 347 E.)
Sir, Tehran, August 10, 1935.
I HAVE the honour to report that the Majlis agreed, at its session on the
4th August, to advance a further sum of £200,000 sterling from the national
reserves to meet expenses of railway construction or purchase*of railway material.
This sum is to be recovered later from the Ministry of Roads and Communications.
2. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade, No. O.T. (B) 182, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and
to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad, No. 63.
I have, &c.
H. M. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN.
[490 cc—2]
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Reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings from the British press, relating to construction work on the Trans-Persian Railway, intended to run from Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman] in the north of the country, to Bandar Shapur [Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni] at the head of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The papers focus on foreign and British investments and activity in the construction of the railway:
- Completion of construction of the line between Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkoman] and Aliabad by a German syndicate in 1931, and its handing over to the Persian Government.
- The appointment in 1933 of a Danish-Swedish syndicate, Kampsax Aktieselskab , to undertake construction of the remaining north and south section of the Trans-Persian Railway.
- The purchase of British locomotives, manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Co. by the Persian State Railway.
- Suspension of construction work on the southern section of the line in 1934, due to a lack of funds.
- Actions of the Persian Government to fund railway construction, including the French text of a supplementary budget law for the Iranian year 1314 (equivalent to the Gregorian year 1935) on folio 27.
- The opening of the Trans-Persian Railway (now referred to as the Trans-Iranian Railway) in 1938.
- A report from the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), dated 29 May 1940, referring to the line’s strategic significance in wartime (ff 4-5).
The majority of the file’s correspondence is sent from the British Legation at Tehran (Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; Nevile Montagu Butler; Horace James Seymour).
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- 1 file (70 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 71; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-70; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3409
- Title
- Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 28r:33v, 35r:40v, 42r:43v, 45r:47v, 49r:60v, 62r:71v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence