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IOR/L/PS/10/417
- Record Id:
- 040-000545353
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000138
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036668008.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/417
- Title:
- File 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining concession'
- Scope & Content:
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Continuation of correspondence and memoranda regarding the proposed construction of railways in Persia, and additional bids for mining concessions.
The correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, HM Minister at Teheran [Charles Murray Marling], Marquess Curzon, the Board of Trade, and the French and Russian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom. The file also contains letters received from representatives of the Société d'Études du Chemin de fer Transpersan [André Jean Bénac], Baring Brothers & Company Limited, and Charles Greenway, representing the Persian Railway Syndicate, Kerman Mining Concession, and Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The following topics are discussed:
- announcement of the Russian construction of a line from Baku to Julfa, and the intention to construct a line from Baku to Tehran;
- the proposal of the Russian section of the Société d'Études to apply for an option to construct a line from Astara via Resht and Kasvin [Qazvin] to Tehran;
- further proposals to construct lines from Askabad to Meshed, and Enzeli to Tehran;
- requests for Russian mining concessions in North Persia;
- the Trans-Persian Railway scheme, French requests to restart the scheme, and the proposed liquidation of the Société d'Études in 1919 and 1932;
- proposals received from the Greenway Group [Persian Railway Syndicate and Kerman Mining Concession] to apply for options to construct a rail line between Bundar Abbas and Kerman, and for mining concessions;
- revision of the 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement;
- oil drilling operations on the island of Kishm.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following reports of interest:
- memorandum by Marquess Curzon regarding the likely results of war in the Middle East, and future rail and mining concessions in Persia, ff 176-83, with a printed copy at f 163;
- Political Department memo C167 on the Kerman Mining Concession, ff 122-23;
- Political Department memo C168 on 'Mining Concessions in the Islands and Coast of the Persian Gulf: the Muin-ut-Tujjar's position', ff 124-26;
- a history of the Société d'Études, including details of its capitalisation and constitution, ff 17-28.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545353 - 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/10/417 : File 4045/1913 'Pt 3 Railways: Trans-Persian Railway; Russian concession; Bandar Abbas-Kerman Railway; Kerman mining… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0419]/040-000545353
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (210 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000138
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1916-1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 212; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 4045/1913 Pt 3
- Arrangement:
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The subject 4045 (Trans-Persian Railway) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/416-417. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.
Papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folio three is a collection header sheet, giving the subject heading and a list of correspondence references found within the file, listed by year.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)