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Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’ [266r] (542/870)
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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^ 818 a 5000 S.29
inute Paper.
Department.
Charge i Affaires a± Teheran,under instructions,
informed, the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs
that His Majesty's Goverameht and the Government of
India were prepared to consider the re-opening of the
railway for five years if the Persian Government
were prepared to meet them in a similar manner by
extending Imperial Airways permit for the same period.
The Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs deprecated the
coupling of the two questions.
It will be seal from Teheran despatch of 21st
September below that the Persian Government now calmly
propose that the agreement drafted in 1930 for transfer
of the railway should be accepted and apparently’ that
it should be put in operation at once.
The British Charge d f Affaires proposal/in ^
dealing with this demarche are explained in paragraphs
6 and 7 of his despatch. It will be seen that he
considers that we might not only sfatz running the
trains again but also transfer the railway^if we can
get an extension of Imperial Airways permit. It
would probably be well worth aiming at* on^these lines.
But the British Charge d* affaire's views as
to the tactics to be pursued are perhaps <open to doubt.
He suggests that he should not regard^
the air route and that he should not couple the two
questions except indirectly and by implication. It is
not clear why there should be any need for so much
delicacy, though on the question of tactics much weight
must of course be attached to the views of the man on
the spot. It is clear however that these tactics, if
employed, will mean further delay before we know
definitely/
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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 impact of the railway’s closure on trade, water supply to the region, smuggling, road traffic.
- The British Government’s initial desire to use the transfer of the railway as a quid pro quo for an extension to the south Persia air route used by Imperial Airways.
- Statements showing income and losses made by the railway between 1923 and 1931 (ff 205-208).
- A report by John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. , undated but likely written in early 1933, containing a comprehensive summary to date of agreements and operations of the railway, between the Government of India and the Persian Government (ff 132-148).
- A copy of an agreement for the sale of railway plant and rolling stock, with a list of equipment, quantity and prices (quoted in Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ) (ff 94-104).
- Draft copies of an agreement (in French) for the transfer 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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 28/5 ‘Railways &c; Mirjawa-Duzdap section of Duzdap Railway; Effect on roads’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:5v, 7r:17v, 19r:24r, 26v:40v, 46r:68v, 75r:79v, 82r:93v, 104r:163v, 166r:184v, 186r:187v, 189r:273v, 276r:284v, 285v:323v, 325r:406v, 408r:428v, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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