File 1702/1910 Pt 2 'Railways: Persia; Persian Railway Syndicate'
Scope & Content:
This item includes correspondence relating to the financial structures for railway development in Persia including the impact of manouveres by Great Britain and Russia and the increased likelihood of Persia gaining access to outside borrowing.
This item includes letters, reports and memoranda on the construction of railways in South Persia. It includes a survey by Lieutenant Arnold T Wilson of the Mohammerah - Khoremabad railway and discusses the attitude of the Shaikh of Mohammerah towards railway construction. This file includes t...
File 1702/1910 Pt 1-2 'Railways: Persia. Persian Railway Syndicate'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and maps, relating to the two topics contained in the volume on railway development in Persia. The first topic is the Khoremmabad-Dizful-Mohammerah railway and the survey required to assess its practicability and probable cos...
The map shows the town of Mohammerah in south-western Persia, indicating the proposed location of a railway station. The map also indicates local regions, hydrology and buildings. A numbered table identifies major buildings
The map shows a region of south-western Persia, indicating proposed routes of railway lines, hydrology, settlements, roads and administrative boundaries. The map also indicates limits of river navigation and the locations of customs houses
The map shows a part of Luristan and Arabistan in south-western Persia, indicating the movements of Lieutenant A.T. Wilson from April to June 1911, and the proposed route of a railway line. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation, an...
