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File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road' [61r] (117/294)
The record is made up of 1 item (145 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1918-14 Mar 1922. 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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Decypher of telegram from ’’Bill" Bushire to Mr .Balfour.
D. C2.4C 18th April, 1919.
B. 15.40 18th April, 1919.
Unnumb ere a.
Following for Colonel A.T. Wilson.
Estimate for completion of Builder Abbas - Shiraz
road for motor traffic is seven
Lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
Ditto for Bushire.
Shiraz road probably seme what less if labour
corps Arab pioneers, at present at 'work on road, me
detained to complete it. Motor van has travelled
from Bushire to Shiraz with slight assistance at sharp
corners on Kamarij. I doubt if it is fully reaiioed
at home that in order to save tnese comparauively
small sums of money we dc not wish to discharge
Labour corps immediately absolutely throwing away
priceless opportunity to settle long vexed quesuion
opening up of southern Persia to motor communication.
Of course an agreement for maintenance either
British con cess ionnaire or Persian Government through
British Officers would be necessary but advantage of
British trade and Persian consumer would certainly
justify expenditure. Urgently required work on Bushire
Shiraz road would be at temperate altitude.
* In this connection ask oil companies if tnsy nua
received reports from colonel Grant and tneir own geol
ogist of oil show at Dashti Qil in Kashguli. Former
was posted 10th March.
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The file mainly consists of papers relating to the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line and road in Persia [Iran]. It includes correspondence regarding: the diversion of the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line via Tarum and Saidabad; the estimated cost of constructing this new telegraph line; the total expenditure on the Bunder Abbas [or Bandar Abbas or Bander Abbas] to Kerman road; and the decision of the Government of India to discontinue work on the telegraph line and the road due to the cost involved.
The file also includes some papers relating to the development of various roads in Persia, railways in Persia, and the Bushire to Shiraz road.
The papers in the file consist of correspondence and 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. minutes, including correspondence between 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. and the following: the Foreign Office; the War Office; and the Government of India Foreign Department and Army Department.
The map shows the province of Fars in Persia [Iran], dated 1911 (IOR/L/PS/10/608, f 54). It shows features including camel paths, mule paths, foot paths, telegraph lines and deserted villages, and hydrology, and it provides some indication of relief. The map was published under the direction of Colonel S G Burrand, Officiating Surveyor General of India.
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- File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road'
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- 61r:62v, 71r:71v, 73r:73v
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