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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [29r] (57/442)
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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The direct route from Baghdad^follows the
Euphrates valley to the "bend of the river at Ahu hemal and
then runs straight across the desert through Palmyra
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(Tadmor) and Homs to Tripoli in Syria,
A line from Homs to Tripoli has just been
completed by the French Company which has built other Syrian
lines; njuuft running powers might be obtained over this and
the construction of a modern harbour at Tripoli commenced.
Presumably the British and French companies would share in
the construction of this harbour.
The German line between Aleppo and Alexancretta,
where it has its Mediterranean port, has to cross the Amanus
ranges by a tunnel and steep gradients. But the line
between Homs and Tripoli traverses a break in the hills and
has neither tunnels nor excessive gradients,^in this respect
the only line in Syria which has not to cope with such
difficulties.
From the earliest times such a route has been
utilized as a connection between East and Test and the
glories of Palmyra were to be attributed to the through
commerce from India, and the East.
Taking such a through line from Tripoli to Karachi
by Abu Kemal, the Euphrates valley, Baghdad, Kermanshah,
Burujird, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Bunder Abbas, the total
distance would be 2,400 miles all of which could be under
British
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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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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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- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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- 20r:34v
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- Maunsell, Francis Richard
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