‘Bagdad Ry’
Mss Eur F111/360
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The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1899-9 Sep 1905. 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 file contains correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Baghdad Railway, and papers relating to Britain’s relations with Persia [Iran], and to a lesser extent, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway include the following memoranda: ‘Memorandum on the Baghdad Railway, and possible British participation therein’; ‘Memoranda containing a Brief Account of the Negotiations relating to the Baghdad Railway, 1898-1905’; and ‘Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of the proposed Baghdad Railway’ (which includes two maps: Mss Eur F111/360, f 32 and Mss Eur F111/360, f 33).
The file also includes:
- Copies of printed despatches from the Marquess of Lansdowne (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Sir Charles Louis des Graz, Secretary of the British Legation, Tehran, dated August 1902, reporting conversations between himself and the Shah of Persia and the Atabeg-i-Azam (also spelled Atabek-i-Azam) concerning Britain’s relations with Persia, including the increase in the Persian Customs Tariff
- Handwritten notes by George Nathaniel Curzon relating to Persia (folios 43 to 50)
- Newspaper extracts from The Times , dated January 1902 and May 1903, relating to British interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Russian relations with Persia (folios 54 to 63).
The file includes a copy of a letter from Sir Nicholas Roderick O’Conor, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to the Marquess of Lansdowne, enclosing an extract from the Moniteur Oriental of 15 August 1905, regarding the working of the recently completed section of the Baghdad Railway from Konia to Eregli and Boulgourlou, which is in French. The file also includes a copy of a letter from Joseph Naus to Sir Arthur Hardinge, HM Minister to Persia, 3 May 1903, relating to the export of cereals, which is also in French.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (64 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 2 imagesRef: Mss Eur F111/360, f 322 imagesRef: Mss Eur F111/360, f 33
- Arrangement
The papers from folios 1 to 42 are arranged in no apparent order, Curzon’s handwritten notes from folios 44 to 51 are enclosed in an envelope - folio 43, and the newspaper cuttings from folios 54 to 63 are enclosed in an envelope - folio 52.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; 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.
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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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- Mss Eur F111/360
- Date(s)
- 15 Apr 1899-9 Sep 1905 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F111/360
- Title
- ‘Bagdad Ry’
- Pages
- 9r
- Author
- Tagliche Rundschau
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360
- Title
- ‘Bagdad Ry’
- Pages
- 26r
- Author
- Moniteur Oriental
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360
- Title
- ‘Bagdad Ry’
- Pages
- 35v
- Author
- Naus, Joseph
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360
- Title
- ‘Bagdad Ry’
- Pages
- 1r:8v, 9v:25v, 26v:31v, 34r:35r, 36r:43r, 44r:53v, 61r:61v, 64r:64v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360, f 32
- Title
- ‘Sketch Map of the Mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab’
- Pages
- 32r:32v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360, f 33
- Title
- 'Koweit Harbour'
- Pages
- 33r:33v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence