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Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’ [‎143r] (296/870)

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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considering tiie reopening of the aallway In
return for a corresponding concession In
regard to flights In South Persia by Imperial
Airways, the proposal that the agreement
drafted In 1930 for the transfer of the
Hallway should be accepted ana apparently put
into operation at once was clearly open to
objection, and the Charge" d*Affairea suggested
that he should be Instructed to reply that
H.M.G. and the Government of India "regret
that the closure of the liailway, for which they
must disclaim all responsibility, has
completely altered the circumstances In which
Sir Robert Clive's memorandum was put forward,
but nevertheless they -would be prepared to ^
regard the terms of that memorandum, upon
which they note with satisfaction tnat both
parties are agreed, as constituting an
agreement to come into force as part of a
i
wider settlement** The Government of India, on
being consulted on this proposal by the
are now
0 ested in
Secretary oi state, replied *
prepared to agree to tactics
paragraph 6 of despatch*. A ccommunication In
the terms in question was made to the minister
of Foreign affairs by the Charge d'Affaires
at Tehran on 1st November 1931,
17, In the meantime, steps h^d been
taken to obtain from the Government of India a
statement of earnings and lossas in respect
of the three sections of the Du^dap Railway
from 1323 to 1931, This is • tW&mstteae fto
-Appendix— . ’’’
18 /

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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’ [‎143r] (296/870), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3399, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100049872099.0x000061> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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