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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [141v] (287/368)
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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2. To ensure the canying out of the railway surveys, a suitable sum of money
shall be handed over by the company to the Government, and the preliminary surveys
shall be made within a suitable period, and the report on the subject shall be submitted
to the Government.
3. The contract to be concluded between the Government and the company seekin^
the concession shall be submitted to the confirmation of the general Assembly
(Chamber of Deputies).
I his proposal, as set forth in a teskereh of the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of the Chamber of
Deputies, No. 103 of the 8th August, 1325 (21st August, 1909), and the teskereh and
its enclosures were examined in a general sitting of the Senate. The aforesaid
documents should, first, according to the requirements of the Constitution, and of the
internal regulation, have been handed over to a committee ; but the Cabinet having
pleaded urgency, and the time being unfavourable, the plea was accepted, and the said
teskereh and its enclosures having been read and examined in the general Assembly
of the Senate, and accepted with modifications by the Chamber of Deputies, it was
confirmed by a majority that permission should be given to the executive, and it was
resolved that, after applying for the Royal sanction, the Decree should be published in
the official newspaper and handed over to the executive to be applied and carried out.
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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,
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Title
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 69r:138v, 140r:148v, 154r:157v, 159r:170v, 175r:181v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence