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...