File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports' [112r] (228/258)
The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1916. 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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25
Name of Mineral. District.
Place and Details.
Mineral oil
“ Nimak-i-haft rang ” ..
Iron..
Lead and copper
1. Dashtistan
2 . Mahnr-i-Milati
3.
Darab
Pars
Daliki: Several wells of black oil.
1 farsakh north of Jamalkar; said by Isfandiar
Khan, brother of Ghulam Hussein Khan Kash-
uli to be G farsakhs from Bunder Rig and to
be drained by river (dry in summer) which
reaches sea near Rig'. He said springs were
' ery prolific, and had been visited by several
Europeans.
Also near Kavian-in wells (see Bidshahr
district).
Near Chashmeh Shahriyari and village Aliabad,
a little hill with crystals of salt of a variety of
colours.
War Office Gazetteer stafes iron mines are
said to exist at Shikaru near Darab. St. John
mentions an abandoned iron mine at Parpa in
latitude 29° longitude 55° 5' on road between
Khairabad and Niriz.
At Dasht or Sar-i-Dasht, latitude 29° 30' north,
longitude 55° 5' eastern elevation.
A village in Pars on the road from Kerman
to Shiraz, on route 22, about 141 miles from
the former. It had thirty wretched huts and
a solitary tower with a not over-abundant
supply of brackish water. The name of the
place means “ stone ” in Turkish, from the fact
of there being lead mines there. There are
so-called works there. The lead seams run
parallel to the general strike of the hills. It
is found both in the form of an oxide and
associated with copper. It is reduced to a
metallic state by pulverisation, washing and
heating in blast furnace, all of which opera
tions are performed in the most primitive
manner. The refuse copper ore is thrown
away, as the miners are not acquainted with
the manner of reducing it to a metallic state.
There are about forty miners here. The
yearly output is about 4,500 maunds, of which
one-sixth is levied as a tax by the Pars
Government.
The Meshed Murghab district is said to
contain lead mines.
Report on the Commercial Possibilities of a Bushire—Shiraz Railway.
In the various schemes of a railway system for Southern Persia which have heen
before Government and are still under discussion, the all-important question of align
ment has apparently been based on strategic considerations, and such infoimation as
previous surveys afford as to the easiest routes for penetrating into the interior hom tie
coast plain. j r -n •
But nothing on the record indicates that the position and the needs of Persian
trade In the south, its existing channels, the distribution of its resources, and present
grouping of its trading capital have been taken into account. ^ , . .
Statistical information of the internal trade of the larger cities of Southern Persia is
still very incomplete, and takes no account of the movement o tra e in eac i ( irec ion.
The trade reports of Aspahan and Kerman are the only known sources & e ^ ®
and figures. My journey to Shiraz was intended to supplement this from the special
-«. F-r 'y; yyyiiitrs
lying between Shiraz and Bushire, which is likely to be affected by the y* 6 ®
(tnough not yet fixed), it would be necessary to spend three or ^ "S up
and down the various valleys. My survey, unfortunate y m eiru P ® ^ 0 f the rainv
the advent of the Indian cavalry regiment, had latei, owing o .. everywhere
season and ensuing difficulty of travelling, and the presence o ^ om Bushire*
necessarily to be confined to a hurried return over one route
There are fW Were mms of country for which no estimate can be grven at pusai ,
mere are thus large gaps oi county Wncinal districts known previously
the report is incomplete, even if most of the pn p ^
[2619 i—1]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire.
The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson on the technical issues concerning development of railway lines between Bushire and Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas and Shiraz. Also included is a report on the commercial possibilities of these two developments, compiled by Commercial Adviser, H G Chick. These reports (folios 101-124) are preceded by an accompanying summary and analysis by 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox.
Also discussed in the correspondence is the question of concessions for railways in the neutral zone and the relative advantages (climate, water supply) of Bushire and Bandar Abbas as railway termini in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence also features discussion of a rumoured German scheme for a Bushire-Shiraz railway.
Further discussion surrounds the arrangements for marine survey work in the region of Henjam and Bandar Abbas to be undertaken by the RIMS Palinurus. A report by the Captain of the Palinurus, Captain B W Mainprise is included along with three marine survey maps (folios 48-50).
The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. and Consul General for Fars (Lieutenant Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); (Lieutenant Colonel Stuart George Knox); First Assistant to 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. , Captain L Birdwood; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; 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. ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Louis Mallet); Director, Royal Indian Marine, Walter Lumsden; Officer Comanding, RIMS Palinurus ( Captain B W Mainprise); Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.
The 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 (129 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 4648 (Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/316. The explanation of the cover sheet/divider at the front of each volume (regarding the correspondence series numbers which have been put together to form the volumes) will be given in the Scope and Content.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; 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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