File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
IOR/L/PS/10/166
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The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 1908-1911. It was written in English and French. 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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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia.
Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir and along the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to compete with the Baghdad Railway. The company was designated 'The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli - Homs Railway and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company'.
Correspondence also discusses the different consortia bidding for oil concessions in Mesopotamia and the relative significance of French, Russian and German involvement. Included in the volume is a letter (folios 49 - 153) from William Knox D'Arcy giving a 'List of Turkish concessions connected with oil now being sought'.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and the Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3047 (Railways: Asiatic Turkey) consists of 1 volume,
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- English and French in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Former external reference(s)
- P 3047/1909
- Date(s)
- 1908-1911 (CE, Gregorian)
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- DiplomacyRailways
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- TripoliHoms
- People & organisations
- Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsHM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
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- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
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- 68r:68v
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- Yeni Gazeta
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Title
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- 139r:139v
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- Takvim-i Vekayi
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Title
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- 149r:153v
- Author
- D'Arcy, William Knox
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
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- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- 158r:158v
- Author
- The Stock Market Review
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
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- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- 171r:174v
- Author
- Campbell, Sir Charles
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- Title
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 69r:138v, 140r:148v, 154r:157v, 159r:170v, 175r:181v, back-i
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