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Coll 30/120 'Development of the Port of Bander Shahpur & Khorramshahr.' [‎35r] (69/214)

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The record is made up of 1 file (105 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1933-3 Jun 1940. 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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bringing all Ahwaz through cargo hy rail from Bandar
Shahpur instead of by river from Khorramshahr. Later
on the same day the 3-overnor—General told Mr. Wengoborski
that if his company would book through cargo to Ahwaz by
rail, traffic on the Karun would be stooped. Mr.
Wengoborski said that he must consult his head office in
Bremen, and told Mespers that he was definitely against
the proposal, so long as conditions at Bandar Shahour
remained as at present.
3. Yfe do not appear to iiave heard before of this
meeting at Ahwaz in September, nor iiave we recently heard
anything to suggest that the Ahwaz customs house v/ould
shortly be closed, or that active measures would be taken
to divert traffic from Khorramshahr and the Karun to
Bandar Shahpur and the railway. On the other hand we
have seen reports in the press of work on the quay at
Khorramshahr to improve landing facilities there. It is
certain that Bandar Shahpur is quite incapable of dealing
with the present volume of traffic, while we hear that
Khorramshahr is so busy that the Anglo-lranian Oil Company
had to help by unloading and assembling heavy lorries at
Abadan and by organizing unloadings at Khorramshahr. As
long as this state of things continues, it seems most
unlikely that the Ahwaz customs will be closed.
4. We should be very grateful if you could let us
have a report on the position in an official despatch, and
in particular could let us have:
(i) any information about the possibility of the
Ahwaz customs being closed:
(ii) your views of the effect which the closure of
the/

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The file concerns development, facilities, and customs at the Iranian ports of Bandar Shahpur (also referred to as Bander Shahpur) and Khorramshahr.

The papers include reports from the British Consul, Khuzistan, and the British Vice-Consul, Khorramshahr, statistics of shipping, and a letter of complaint from Frank C. Strick & Company Limited to the Department of Overseas Trade about facilities at Bandar Shahpur in 1935.

There are no papers in the file dated 1938-39.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (105 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 107; 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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