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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [123r] (245/442)
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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Isa Tater, where good water Is obtainable, or for scr*e other
plaeo up the Isa Tahir mllah, where there is rrood v/ater.
The further one dosoends into the f^eat Kaslikel depression, the
greater becomes the intensity of the heat and tlrls is a point
to be bcrne in ninil in connection with open line runnirv.% This
coot ion pi^esentis no engineering difficulty of any IdLnd, the
country beir^ cp\ite ox>en. It is true that the wind stream would
have to be reckoned v/ith, as well also as the several linos of
novin^ sand barchtma throurth which the line will pass at ri^ht
angles. The latter can be dealt with either in the way already
described, in this meraorandun, or by pem&nont diversions which
can be brought into use when a dune settled astraddle the line.
It is a matter for consideration whether Ktindi, through
which the liner, would pe,ss, should net be connected by a small
branch lino, seme 70 rdles in len^h, with ftohtagun on the Mashkel
border, opposite 0el3<r. T>e
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
of thi ? SKanorendum is a strom
advocate for this bein^r done and would venture to represent its
extreme Importance* Added to the great Tclitieal benefits this
snail line would confer, it would bring within its sphere
oormeroial Interests, relating to the n&stera Kinwi Pi'ovines, of
great and far reaching Importance* The matter is to which the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
has devoted lore thy study and he is fully assured as to
the correctness of the views he has formed. Such a branch connection
could best follow the l^o^xro^cn tcle^aph line m: would bo laid
on the surface of the ground: has good water midway: has no
engineering difficulty of any kind, the country being m open plain
and would bo secure from attach throughout its length* The branch
lino would further possess the Political advantage of precluding
the Kharan Serdar and his advisers from Indulging in these
trmsfronticr intri^^ues for which they have, in the past, shewn
such a predoliotion, and would also ensure the Indo-European
telegraph line, throughout its frontier section, from interruption.
It may not be considered out of piece if a few words were
added, m the subject of the buildings which would be most suited
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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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