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Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’ [‎95r] (200/870)

The record is made up of 1 volume (428 folios). It was created in 14 Mar 1931-12 Jul 1934. 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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agreement for the sale of moveable plant, tools and
ROLLING STOCK REQUIRED FOR THE WORKING OF THE
RAILWAY FROM MIRJAWA TO ZAHIDAN.
1. The vendor agrees to sell to the vendee any or all such tools, plant, and
rolling stock as are enumerated in the schedules attached to this agreement and
which comprise the moveable equipment withdrawn from the Mirjawa-Zahidan
Section, when it was closed for traffic, with the addition of such rolling stock,
spare parts and tools and plant as are considered to be necessary for operating
flie section.
2. The vendee agrees to pa} r to the vendor for each item of the above tools,
plant and rolling stock accepted by the vendee the price as indicated in the
aforesaid schedules attached to this agreement.
3. The vendor agrees to deliver to the vendee the accepted items of the
moveable equipment which was withdrawn from the Mirjawa-Zahidan Section
and the rolling stock, spare parts and tools and plant in serviceable condition or
in good running order.
4. The vendor agrees to collect the rolling stock at Quetta station and the
plant and equipment which was withdrawn from the Mirjawa-Zahidan Section
at any convenient site for joint inspection by representatives of the vendor and
the vendee prior to the sale. These representatives will draw up and sign a
joint condition certificate for all those items which are accepted by the
representative of the vendee.
5. (a) The representative of the vendee may reject any item in the schedules
attached hereto which he considers to be superfluous or unnecessary.
(b) The vendor will, if desired by the vendee, replace any items in the
schedules of tools and plant withdrawn from the Mirjawa-Zahidan Section of
which the representative of the vendee referred to in clause 4 does not approve
with similar new articles of tools and plant at the rate fixed by the vendor at the
time of replacement for sale to outside parties, including supervision and carriage
charges, and freight charges for delivery f. o. r. at Mirjawa.
(c) Similarly, the vendor will supply to the vendee those additional items
of spare parts and tools and plant shown in the schedules as necessary for
operating the section and any other article of tools and plant in addition which
may be required by the vendee and which are available with the vendor oi
readily procurable by him. Such supplies will be made at the rates fixed by the
vendor at that time for sale to outside parties, including supervision and carriage
charges, and freight charges for delivery f. o. r. at Mirjawa.
6. Payment. —(a) The vendee shall, immediately after the inspection of the
rolling stock and tools and plant assembled in accordance with clause 4 and at
the time of requesting additional supplies of tools and plant in accoi dance with
clause 5 (&) and (c), pay 90 per cent, of the value of the tools, plant and rolling
stock which his representative agrees to take over or desiies to be provided and
the balance of 10 per cent, on their delivery by the vendor, f. o. r. at Mirjawa,
prior to their being handed over to the vendee.
(b) All payments shall be made in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. at Bombay, either through the
Eastern Bank or through the Imperial Bank of Persia.
7. {a) Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions in clause 6 (u) and (h) the
vendor agrees to give final delivery at Mirjawa of the tools,^ plant and rolhng
stock which had been assembled in accordance with clause 4 within o0 days alter
the joint inspection has been carried out.
(7j) Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions in clause 6 (n) and (&), the
vendor agrees to procure the additional tools and plant and to deliver them a
Mirjawa with all reasonable despatch.
8. The vendor will arrange to supply boiler safety certificates and copies
of the life registers of the locomotives, should the vendee require the same.

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Papers relating to the transfer of ownership of the railway line running between Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] and Duzdap [Zahedan] in eastern Persia [Iran], from the Government of India to the Persian Government.

The volume begins with reports of interruptions to monthly rations trains, prompting the Government of India to close down the line. The remainder of the correspondence covers negotiations for the transfer and reopening of the railway:

The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Reginald Hervey Hoare); the British Vice-Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly); 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. (Laithwaite); the Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter; George William Rendel).

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1 volume (428 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 428; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 391-428 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front and back covers, along with the two leading flyleaves and single ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.

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Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’ [‎95r] (200/870), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3399, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049872099.0x000001> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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