Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The letter encloses one from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 17 July 1871, describing the history of the Persian Government's interest in railway construction, and stating the need for such...
This volume contains papers relating to the construction of the Trans-Persian Railway. It contains material relating to: The Persian Railway Syndicate’s attempt to enlist the aid of Rabbi Joseph Saul Kornfeld, the United States Envoy to Persia [Iran], and the British Foreign Office’s subsequent...