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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [84r] (167/442)
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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e hunared milep and without, demarc&t,intf it,F frontier
himFelf’. Our Convention with Rupsia would peem to
give uf the necepsary latitude tor rearranging the
matter and I would propope that thip he now done. XT it
ip popeihle to realign the Frontier, ae laid down in
the Boundary agreement, by prevailing on Persia to pell
thie strip of* country to us then po much the bet, ter but
it it is not or it there is a likelihood ot the matter
giving ripe to differences or suspicion of our motives,
then we should arrange amicably with Persia in pome other
way to carry the line through their Territory to ilirjawa
and Duzdab,
I have gone into the matter at pome little
length because it ip quite possible that the question
may be referred home before fo very long and it appears
to me that it would be well that the interests which
are involved may be fully understood. I feel assured
that if we commit oureellpes to the Northern alignment,
following the foot of Saindak hills we commit ourselves
to an alignment which ip not only faulty in itself but
ip one which we will have frequent caupe to regret here
after.
The present political crisis is no doubt occupy
ing Ijord Curzon's time fully, but should you have an
opportunity of either discussing the matter with him or
passing this letter on to him, I would be glad,
I hear that work on the Hindu Bagh Oomal
railway ip likely to be started before long, and that as
recent event,s have emphasised the paramount importance
of lateral military communication?, a move is being made
t-o run a military railway right along the Frontier from
the Oomal to Peshawar,
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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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- 79r:85v
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- Webb Ware, Frank Cooke
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