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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [102r] (203/442)
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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late year3, extends West, in detaehed patches, as far as Oha^ai and
DalTvaiid.in but from here on to the Persian Frontier, there is
none. That the area in Gha^ai, iw under cultivation, v/ill extend,
under the influence exerted by the Pailvay extension sanctioned,
is o matter in regard to which the vrriter has no doitbt.
The Di7,pv and dalk Districts are well wiltivated but their
r^raln cnitput is much restricted by the quarrels, jealousies, and
fi^htin?. which distinguish the dealings of their headmen with
one nnother At both these places, as well as in Kashkel, there
are considerable stretches of cou/itry covered vdth valuable and
highly productive, dote ?ttovc 8. There ore a few oxjiell cultivated
areas in the Sarhad hill (Knuitr-y, amon^ the more Important of
these beirvT those at Mlrjawa and Tiad5,s s
B. B ainfall .
Throughout the plain area of this rerion, the rainfall is
mearre sn/1 there ere places in the desert are* where rain does
not fall for two mid even three yearn at a time. When it does rain
the fall is apt to b© heavy end the effects are frequently
tirild-n?, deep channel;' beiny scoured out in the soft loose soil.
In the hills, the rainfall is much more pronounced and the
nullahs briny down heavy floods.
C. Wind.
No description of this ref*ion, no matter how brief, would
bo ccprrplcte without reference to the wind which forms such a
dominant factor there. There is probably no part of Asia, with
the possible exception of Eastern Chinese Turkestan, where wind
plays p more important part in shaping the surface of the country.
On all sides are to be seen examples of the power that this ayency
is capable of exertiny, under conditions which are favourable to
it. In Southern Seistan, wind scours are to be found stretching
for miles, as much as twenty feet deep and a hundred yards across,
which look like ancient river beds but which owe their oriyln to
the high winds which blow, with scarcely any cessation, from the
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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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- 87r:90v, 95r:221v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence