Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’

Title:

Coll 28/12 ’Persia; Railways; Trans-Persian Railway’

Date:

1931/1940

Description:

Abstract: Reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings from the British press, relating to construction work on the Trans-Persian Railway, intended to run from Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkaman] in the north of the country, to Bandar Shapur [Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni] at the head of the Persian Gulf. The papers focus on foreign and British investments and activity in the construction of the railway:Completion of construction of the line between Bandar Shah [Bandar-e Torkoman] and Aliabad by a German syndicate in 1931, and its handing over to the Persian Government.The appointment in 1933 of a Danish-Swedish syndicate, Kampsax Aktieselskab, to undertake construction of the remaining north and south section of the Trans-Persian Railway.The purchase of British locomotives, manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Co. by the Persian State Railway.Suspension of construction work on the southern section of the line in 1934, due to a lack of funds.Actions of the Persian Government to fund railway construction, including the French text of a supplementary budget law for the Iranian year 1314 (equivalent to the Gregorian year 1935) on folio 27.The opening of the Trans-Persian Railway (now referred to as the Trans-Iranian Railway) in 1938.A report from the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), dated 29 May 1940, referring to the line’s strategic significance in wartime (ff 4-5).The majority of the file’s correspondence is sent from the British Legation at Tehran (Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; Nevile Montagu Butler; Horace James Seymour).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 71; 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 1-70; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Railways
Railway construction
Foreign investment
Kampsax Aktieselskab
Trans-Iranian Railway
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

Geographic region:

Bandar Shah
Bandar Shahpur
Persia

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c2_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3409
IOR/L/PS/12/3409

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