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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [122r] (243/442)
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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28 .
us to possess, over the narrow ko/ neok whloh separates the
practically inpascable Persian desert fron the Baluehistan desert
area, with all that this neans to our Afghan* Sol star., and Indian
interests, can never be obtained.
Prom Mushki Chrh, through which a railway to the frontier
will pass, the I'iri&wa, the line would cross an open and
almost level desert plain* presenting no difficulty to the railway
engineer, other than such as relate to water. Pain only falls, in
this particular area, on an average of once in three years and
os the water supply at Uuehki Chah, although plentiful* is not
suited to loccrotive purposes* the inportance of having entry to
the good supply there is at ilirJawn does not need enlarging on.
The extension of the duetta-!?ushki branch railway line
to Dalbandin* a dist^mce of 115 miles has already been sanctioned
and work on it is already complete. The ali'mment on this section
which cemmended itself is that follov<dnr the base of the Kharan
hills and offers many advantages over the three other possible
routes. No engineering difficulties are tc be found with* on this
a
section, other than the crossing of the high sand ridge which runs
close under the Northern foot of the Kheran hills, and parallel
to it. This ridge is kept tied to its present position by back
currents of eir from the hills and should re, therefore* find that
the recurring expenditure of keeping the line, for its couple
of hundred yards of crossing, free of sand is burdensome it ni^ht
be as well to consider the question of tunnelling below it.
In general conformation, the country V/ast of Dalbandin,
resembles n basin* the lowest part of which, into which it is
that all the surrounding drainage flows* being the Hnmn Maehkel*
situated at the S. Corner. From D&lbandin to hrushki Chah* the
railway* with due regard to the requirenents with which this
memorandum has dealt* should adhere to the highest contour which
can be obtained. The water at Tfushki Chah not being up to
locomotive standards, it nay prove necessary for the line, on
emerging from the Dalbandin plain, to strike direct either for
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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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- 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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