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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [19r] (37/442)
The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in Nov 1911-Mar 1917. 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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“ .... with a view to remedying this state of things which has at last become intolerable
to His Majesty’s Government, I am instructed by His Majesty’s Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to inform you that unless by three
months from now order has been restored to the satisfaction of His Majesty’s
Government upon the roads from Bushire to Shiraz, and from Shiraz to
Ispahan, which are the routes which have been marked by the most flagrant
outrages and disorders, His Majesty’s Government will be reluctantly com
pelled themselves to take such steps as may be necessary to secure the
proper policing of these roads.
“That the terms of this resolution be despatched immediately to such of His
Majesty’s Ministers and Local Members of Parliament as it may be deemed
desirable by the President to inform.”
If this is carried the requisitionists will ask for the despatch of this resolution to such of
His Majesty’s Ministers and Local Members of Parliament as it may be deemed desirable to
inform.
A ticket (or tickets) of admission is enclosed, in accordance with the Articles of
Association (see below), and I am respectfully to ask your attention to the conditions stated on
the back.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
WALTER SPEAKMAN,
Secretary.
EXTRACTS FROM ARTICLES OF. ASSOCIATION.
N.B.—No member shall have the right of voting at General Meetings of the Chamber or until the
expiration of three months after his election as a member of the Chamber.
No member shall be entitled to vote whose subscription is more than two months in arrear.
Admission to General Meetings shall be by ticket. Each individual member paying one guinea annual
subscription is entitled to one ticket; every partnership firm or joint stock company paying two guineas annual
subscription, two tickets ; and every bank and every corporation constituted by the combination of ten or more
firms or companies, and paying three or more guineas annual subscription, three tickets, with liberty to obtain,
on duly authorised application, additional tickets in the proportion of one ticket for each guinea (beyond three)
subscribed, but not to exceed twenty in all.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to railway projects in Persia [Iran] and the surrounding region. The papers deal with the proposals for, planning, and progress of, several railway lines, including one from the Mediterranean to India, the Trans-Persian Railway, the Baghdad Railway, and the Nushki and Dalbandin extension from Quetta. The documents discuss the merits and flaws of the proposals, technical issues such as gauge sizes, and the impact of such projects on Britain's relations with Russia, Germany, France, and Turkey.
At the back of the file are a number of official reports on Parliamentary debates within the House of Commons, dating from 10 July 1912 to 25 May 1914, all of which feature railways (folios 128-218). Also at the rear of the file are three maps:
- General Map of Asia with proposed British, German, and Russian rail lines added by hand
- War Office map of the Middle East, showing railways and railway projects
- As above with further rail lines added and details of gauges given.
Correspondents include: Arthur Campbell Yate, army Officer; Henry McNiel; Francis Richard Maunsell, army officer; George Lloyd, politician; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington, army officer and war correspondent; Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Leader of the House of Lords; Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lord Lansdowne), statesman; Lucien Wolf, journalist and historian; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Charles Prestwich Scott, Editor of the Manchester Guardian; Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director, Imperial Bank of Persia; and Colonel Frank Cooke Webb Ware, former Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Chagai.
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- 1 file (221 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 221; 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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- Mss Eur F112/252
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- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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- 16r:19v
- Author
- McNiel, Henry
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