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'''Railways in the Middle Eastern Theatre during the [[First World War]]'''
16,241 railway workers were released from the Indian railways or were specially recruited for military duty or military railway work overseas <ref>
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/a-global-view/# First World War: A Global view: India: Indian Army] The National Archives, quoting the reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3377827 MUN 5/176/1143/16]. Retrieved 5 August 2014</ref>
==Persia==
In Persia , "in 1915, at the time of the revolt of Tangestan, [British military] reinforcements were sent [to Busehr (Bushire, the main port)] in order to counteract the moves of the German consul,… .On that occasion a narrow-gauge railway 37 miles long was constructed to link Busehr with Borazjan, on the way to Shiraz….At the same time a factory for constructing railroad equipment was established at Busehr. The evacuation of the town by the British in March 1919 put an end to these attempts". <ref>[http://www.iranica.com/articles/busehr-ar Busehr] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131117013110/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/busehr-ar archive.org link]) Encyclopaedia Iranica</ref>
