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IOR/L/PS/10/793
- Record Id:
- 040-000545987
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0002af
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133837336.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/793
- Title:
- Persia: Railway Construction; Negotiations between the Persian Govt. and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co; Acquisition of Gulf Islands
- Scope & Content:
- This volume is about the construction of railways in Persia [Iran] and negotiations between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the acquisition of islands in the Persian Gulf. It contains material relating to:
- The Persian Government’s interest in attracting American capital for the construction of railways in Persia
- The amount due from the Persian Government to the Persian Railways Syndicate Limited
- A proposal from the Persian Railways Syndicate to connect the Mohammerah [Khorramabad] and Isfahan-Tehran railway lines
- The proposed re-alignment of the railway from Bagdad [Baghdad] to the Persian Frontier
- The advantages, from a British perspective, of a railway line from Qaraitu [Quraitu] to Tehran
- A proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey the route between Hamadan or Kermanshah and Dizful
- A proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey the Bagdad-Khanikin [Khanaqin] line with a re-alignment
- A proposal by the Persian Railways Syndicate to survey a section of the existing line between Bagdad and Quraitu
- A proposed re-alignment of the Mesopotamian [Iraqi] section of the Bagdad-Tehran Railway
- The assistance from British military authorities in Mesopotamia to surveyors of the Persian Railways Syndicate
- The arrival of two Belgian engineers, de Kock and de Ronck, in Constantinople [Istanbul] en route to Persia
- The construction, by the Persian Railways Syndicate, of a railway between Hamadan and Tehran
- The approval of the agreement between the Persian Railways Syndicate and the Persian Government
- The views of Major-General Percy Zachariah Cox on the construction of railways in Persia
- The negotiations between Sir Ernest William Moir (of Pearson and Son and the Persian Railways Syndicate) and the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs [Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawlah] on railway construction in Persia
- The application of Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited for a railway concession in Persia
- The negotiations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company with the Persian Government toward a railway concession
- The position of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on the acquisition of Abadan and Kishm [Qeshm].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545987 - 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/10/793 : Persia: Railway Construction; Negotiations between the Persian Govt. and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co; Acquisition of Gulf Islands - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/793, f 166 : A Map of Persia
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/793 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0794]/040-000545987
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (311 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0002af
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1921
- Date Range:
- 24 Nov 1919-1 Dec 1921
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 313; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)