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File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports' [‎117v] (239/258)

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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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transport in the districts given. My own impressions in the districts detailed above
were that the yield (12,000 tons) represented merely the output sufficient to their wants
and profits nowadays, and that lack of markets and the state of insecurity prevented
double the amount of land being put under cultivation, as it easily might be were A
railway traffic to afford facilities.
Produce of Littoral touched by Bushire Alignment.
Fourthly, in respect to a railway with a terminus at Bushire, fairly reliable
information has been obtained of the produce of the grain growing coast districts of
Dashti and Tangistan and Chahkutah, which would be traversed by a railway comino-
from Jahrum or Firuzabad towards Bushire, but not by a railway from Jahrum to
Bunder Abbas. These districts are not only very fertile, but they already produce
grain for sale in good seasons many times more than their ^ own requirements, and
have done for years a regular transport and export business in grain. This has been
chiefly by sea, because of dearness of the limited camel transport and a railway
traversing the heart of these districts would rapidly stimulate increased cultivation
making distant points accessible that now send little to market. The commercial
importance of the coastal plain, its prosperity and settled population are established
facts, and as such they offer an immediate return for railway enterprise, which could
not be hoped for in the districts between Bunder Abbas and Jahrum, Jahrum and
Shiraz, for several years after the first train passed. It is to be borne in mind that
the grain-producing coastal region, which covers all Arabistan, narrows from Bunder
Dilam as far the southern extremity of Dashti, and practically ceases between Lingah
and Bunder Abbas.
Unsuitability of soil, low rate of rainfall, and absence of a “cold” season may
be the reasons why Bunder Abbas has to rely on the Bushire littoral for grain. The
low average rate of export of grain from Bushire of recent years has been due
solely to continued drought in one district or another and shortness of seed; better
times have now set in, and, with a railway intersecting the zone, the yield in poor years
should be far better distributed, not only scarcity avoided.
Table XII.—Cultivation of Dashti.
Kollul
Chahleh..
Chavvushi
Miankhara
Dirazi ..
Waravvi..
Haidari ..
C’harak ..
Fakieh Hassanun
Zizar
Fakieh Ahmadun
Toubeh Diraz
Gaz Diraz
Sheikijan
Chah Hussein Jemal
Kurdewan
Barmisad
Shalik ..
Ziaret ..
Lawer ..
Had Kuh
Shahri ..
Mukhdan
Kalbiya ..
Shahniya
Burdekhan Nau
Bur dekhan Kuhue
Shi barm..
Zeidun . .
Mul-i-Sukhteh
Dareh Ahmad
Ghah Pahan
Dumeh Gaz
Battaneh
Dayyir ..
Bardistan
Dirak
Gavs.
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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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