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IOR/L/PS/10/416
- Record Id:
- 040-000545350
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000137
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100032624918.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/416
- Title:
- File 4045/1913 Pt 1-2 'Trans-Persian Railway'
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence, minutes and memoranda regarding the Société Internationale d'Études du Chemin de Fer Transpersan's proposed bid for an option to construct a railway in Persia. Parts one and two of three.
Topics covered:
- the proposed application by the Société Internationale d'Études for the option to construct a Trans-Persian Rail line;
- concessions for the Kerman Mining Concession and Persian Railway Syndicate;
- possible alignments for the rail line;
- areas of control for Britain, Russia and France;
- the point of access to the Persian Gulf;
- the military implications of the line for the Government of India.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject files was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part, listed by year. This is placed after the last piece of correspondence on file.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545350 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/416 : File 4045/1913 Pt 1-2 'Trans-Persian Railway' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/416/1 : File 4045/1913 'Pt 1 Trans-Persian Railway'
IOR/L/PS/10/416/2 : File 4045/1913 'Pt 2 Trans-Persian Railway'
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/416 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0418]/040-000545350
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (251 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000137
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1913-1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 253; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-251; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
- Former External References:
- P 4045/1913 Pt 1-2
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 4045 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of 2 volumes, with parts one and two comprising one volume, and part three comprising the second volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)