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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV' [122r] (243/270)
The record is made up of 1 file (132 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SEQHBT.
Prom War Office.
To G.O.C.Mesopotamia, repeated C. in C. India.
Deep. 22.00. 13.1.19.
73864. cipher M.0.2.
The Government has agreed to the following
policy with regard to railway construction in the
Middle East.
(1) The backbone of all future construction in
Mesopotamia will be a through line via Euphrates
from Basrah to Baghdad. Tne section of the line
between Nasrieh ana Hillah will accordingly be
completed as early as possible. Metre gauge will
be adopted but the permanwnt way will be constructed
so as to admit of conversion from metre to
standard gauge should this policy ever be adoptee’.
No conversion at present is however contemplated.
(2) The metre gauge line will be extended to Phanikin.
If negotiations wit Tithe Persian Government
subsequently allow this line may be further extended
in the direction of Kerman shah.
(3) The survey for a line to Mosul via Kifri and Kirkuk
will be completed, but the projected survey
towards the Wazna Pans will be abandoned. * (This
decision cancels first para, of my 73595 cipher
(M.B.2.a.) 728 of 11th January).
(4) At present no extension along the Tigris towards
Mosul or along the Euphrates towards Hit will be
carried out.
(5) Work on the extension to Neh from Mir jawa will be
stopped.
(6) With reference to (1) above the metre gauge line
between Baghdad and Kut may be taken up on
completion of the through Euphrates line. The
material will then be available for other metre
gauge projects.
(7) With regard to the construction of a line towards
the Persia Plateau from the head of the Persian
Gulf, no policy has yet been laid down but any
surveys now being carried out in this area may be
continued on the lines suggested by General de
Candolle.
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Planning, reconnaissance, and surveying for a proposed direct Baghdad-Haifa ('Trans-Arabian') line
- Costs and expenditure
- Transition from military to civil administration.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
The file contains two maps, both showing railway lines in the region (folios 132-133). The file also includes a newspaper cutting of an article on the Baghdad-Basra railway, from The Pioneer Mail , dated 5 December 1919 (folio 92).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:91v, 93r:131v, 134r, 135v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence