![Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎187r] (373/442)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0001bd/Mss Eur F112_252_0377.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎187r] (373/442)")
Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [187r] (373/442)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
318
31? Government of Ireland Bill [25 May 1914] Council of India Bill.
GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
Moved, That the Bill be now read l a .—
(The Marquess of Crewe.)
The Marquess of SALISBURY: My
Lords, I should like to take this oppor
tunity of asking the noble Marquess a
question. This is the first occasion on
which we have been in this session seised
of the Government of Ireland Bill, but a
rumour has reached us that there is another
Bill on the same subject which the Govern
ment propose to introduce into your Lord-
ships’ House, a measure vitally altering
the Bill to which the noble Marquess has
just asked your Lordships to give a First
Reading. Generally speaking this House
has been treated by the Government with
contumely, but on the present occasion
we are exalted to a very high honour ; and
the question I should like to put to the
noble Marquess is, How soon may we have
the honour of seeing what is known as the
Amending Bill which in another place the
Government have foreshadowed ?
The Marquess of CREWE : I can take
no exception to the question which has
been asked by the noble Marquess. He has
assumed, if I may say so, a sort of semi
official ignorance of a fact which I think
is generally recognised as public property,
being founded on a statement by the Prime
Minister—that it is the intention of the
Government to bring in a second Bill
dealing with the same subject as this Bill,
but on somewhat different lines. The noble
Marquess asks me to tell the House when
that Bill will be brought up.
The Marquess of SALISBURY:
Brought in.
The Marquess of CREWE : The noble
Marquess is quite right—when that Bill
will be brought in. I am not in a position
to give a definite answer to that question.
My hope is that when that Bill is brought
in it will be brought in as the result of
preliminary conversation and agreement
between the different parties concerned.
More than that at this moment I cannot
say. That implies, of course, that in the
necessarily considerable interval which
must elapse before it can be brought in
further efforts will be made^ to arrive at
such agreement as can be translated into
the terms of a Bill.
We are now about to adjourn, if the
House agrees, for a considerable period of
repose. The suggestion is that the House
should meet again on June 15, but I do
not propose to put down for Second Read
ing either this measure or any other measure
of importance during the first week after
the House reassembles. It is possible,
however, that in the subsequent week—
the week commencing on June 22—I may
ask your Lordships to take the Second
Reading of one or other of our important
Government Bills. That is all the informa
tion which I can give to the noble Marquess
at this moment.
The Marquess of SALISBURY : I am
much obliged to the noble Marquess. I will
only add, in order to avoid misconception,
that with regard to the dates he fore
shadows—the second week after the re
assembling of your Lordships’ House—it
is impossible in the absence pf my noble
friend Lord Lansdowne to enter into any
engagement or agreement of any sort or
kind as to when these Bills will be effec
tively taken.
The Marquess of CREWE: Before
the noble Marquess who leads the Opposi
tion left London I had an opportunity of
some conversation with him, and we
agreed that we on this side would not
attempt before we adjourned for the
Whitsuntide recess to name any particular
date on which the measures will be taken,
but I thought it courteous to noble Lords
opposite to state the course which we
shall probably wish to take when we
reassemble.
On Question, Bill read l a , and to be
printed. (No. 106.)
COUNCIL OF INDIA BILL, [h.l.]
The Marquess of CREWE: I ask
your Lordships to give a First Reading
to a Bill to amend the law as to the Council
of India, and for other purposes connected
therewith. This is the measure about which
I made some observations to your Lord-
ships during last session.
Moved, That the Bill be now read l a .—
(The Marquess of Crewe.)
On Question, Bill read l a , and to be
printed. (No. 107.)
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [187r] (373/442), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/252, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075113116.0x0000ae> [accessed 19 July 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075113116.0x0000ae
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075113116.0x0000ae">Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎187r] (373/442)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075113116.0x0000ae"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0001bd/Mss Eur F112_252_0377.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0001bd/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Mss Eur F112/252
- Title
- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
- Pages
- 87r:90v, 95r:221v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence