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Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia [11v] (22/255)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1899-31 Mar 1905. It was written in English and French. 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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APPENDIX I.
British Position as Regards Railway Construction in Persia.
Copy of Despatch from Sir H. Wolff of March 20, 1889.
My Lord, . 1,1011
I HAVE the honour to inclose a copy of the engagement given to me by tlie bnaii
with resnect to railways in Persia, and with special relation to those in the south.
(Signed) H. D. WOLFE.
The Shah to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
(Translation.)
His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
OF his Excellency Wolff, the English Minister, Ac., communications information
has been received, and it has caused much astonishment. . , . . .
Convey these commands to his Excellency the Minister, &c. Even give him tins
very autograph, in order that he may keep it and be satisfied that our former promise
with regard to the priority of the English Government over others m the construction
of a southern railway to Tehran continues to hold good, and certainly whenever Railway
Concessions in the north, &c., are given to others, immediately a Concession for a
railway from Tehran to Shuster, or such a one, will be given to the English Company,
and of course, then the clauses and conditions will also be examined, 111 order that it be
to our advantage and interest, and for the benefit of the commerce of both parties, and
positively no southern railway, without consultation with the English Government, will
be granted to any foreign Company.
September 16, 1888.
p.g. And it is clear that in Persia nobody will be granted permission to construct
railways except it be solely commercial ones. We say so now that they may kn°w it.
In 1900 Mr. Spring-Rice was instructed to ascertain whether the present Shah was
aware of his father’s promise, and he reported the steps which he took for the purpose
in a despatch of the 26th April, 1900. The matter was explained to the Shah by the
Hakim-ul-Mulk, and Dr. Adcock stated that His Majesty had seen the document. _
The Sadr-i-Azam told Mr. Spring-Rice that the Shah had seen his communication,
and the late Shah’s autograph. His Majesty had said that it was a binding document,
but that there could be no question of any Railway Concession, either m north or
south, for ten years. “ If the others take any measures : we will show them this
autograph, rest assured that there is cause now.”
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia.
The correspondence consists of letters addressed to George Nathaniel Curzon from various individuals, and correspondence between other individuals, including printed copies of correspondence of the Marquess of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with British officials including Henry Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran.
The newspaper cuttings are from newspapers including: The Englishman; Daily Chronicle; the Civil and Military Gazette; The Times; The Madras Mail; The Pioneer; The Statesman ; and The Morning Post .
The file also includes a few documents relating to Koweit [Kuwait] (folios 55 to 56, and folios 49 to 52).
The file includes a copy of the publication Revue Franco-Persane Économique et Politique Paraissant Tous Les Mois [Franco-Persian Economic and Political Review Published Every Month], dated June 1900, which is in French (folios 101 to 109).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; 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 F111/353
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- Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 49r:52v, 55r:56v, 63r, 64r:64v, 68r:68v, 71r:77v, 101r:101v, 117r:119v, 121r:121v, 124r:124v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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