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IOR/L/PS/18/C128
- Record Id:
- 040-000563788
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000116
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026028618.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C128
- Title:
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'Trans-Persian Railway'
- Scope & Content:
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The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks into the commercial, strategic, and political implications of the railway from a British perspective. It also provides advice on the steps to be taken by the British Government depending on whether it chooses to back or oppose the scheme. Sir Arthur Hirtzel is the author of the memorandum.
The appendix (folios 22-24) contains extracts on opinions concerning the Trans-Persian Railway from various authorities including: the Board of Trade; Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan; Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Frederick Noel Paton, Director-General of Commercial Intelligence, India; Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig, Chief of the General Staff, India; Sir Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne, President of the Railway Board, India; the Government of India; and Sir William Nicolson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563788 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C128 : Trans-Persian Railway - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0149]/040-000563788
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000116
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- 3 Jan 1913
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 18, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)