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'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway' [31r] (60/194)
The record is made up of 1 volume (97 folios). It was created in 7 Apr 1910-21 Jun 1918. 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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head in the working expenses shall he carried to the credit ot the Imperial Ottoman
Government.
All plant of this kind shall revert free of charge to the State on the expiration ol
the concession.
Article 26.
The Government shall be entitled to construct at their own expense entrenchments
and works of defence on the points of the main line or its branches and wherever they
shall deem it necessary.
Article 27.
Works of art and antiquities discovered during construction shall he subject to the
regulations relating thereto.
Nevertheless the concessionnaires shall be exempt from the formality of
presenting an application and obtaining permission for research.
Article 28.
The concessionnaires shall be bound to submit to the Ministry of Public Works a
monthly statement of all receipts; these statements shall be drawn up in the manner
prescribed by article 17 of the specification.
Article 29.
The railway being considered as divided into sections ot 200 kilom. in length,
should the concessionnaires, except in an established case of vis major, not have com
menced the works within the appointed time, or should they not complete theAvork on one
section within the appointed time or should they interrupt the traffic, or should they not,
on any one section, fulfil the other principal engagements under the present convention,
the Imperial Government shall issue a summons to the concessionnaires stating the
undertakings which remain to be fulfilled by them, and should they within a period
of eighteen months from the date of the summons not have taken such steps as are
necessary, they shall forfeit their concessionary rights for every section of the line in
regard to which they shall have been found in default, and procedure provided for
by article 18 of the specification shall be adopted.
It is agreed that, so long as the main line between IConia and Bagdad is not
entirely completed, the concessionnaires may not open to traffic the parts ot the line
from Bagdad to Busra which they may have constructed.
During the period in which the sections between Bagdad and Busra are not
open to traffic the concessionnaires shall refund to the Imperial Government, at the dates
when the annual instalments fall due, the annuity of 11,000 fr. per kilometre for interest
on and redemption of the bonds which the Imperial Government shall have issued to them
for the said sections, and they shall not, of course, receive anything on account of working
expenses; but these clauses do not in any way prejudice the other rights ot the
concessionnaires on the line from Bagdad to Busra.
The forfeiture of the concession for one or several sections of the railway shall not
prejudice the rights of the concessionnaires as regards the remaining sections of the new
lines, nor as regards the whole of the old lines.
Article 30.
The concessionnaires shall construct free of charge at the points selected^ by the
Government the necessary premises for the offices of the Imperial Railway Commissioners
and of the customs, postal, and police officials.
The concessionnaires shall construct at important stations, after arrangement with
the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works, two rooms with water-closet for the
postal service.
Article 31.
The concessionnaires may instal at their own expense on the whole extent of the
line telegraph poles and wires ; this line shall not be used for private correspondence
which has no connection with the working of the railway.
The Imperial Government reserve to themselves the right of control at all times
by inspectors appointed by the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs of all telegraphic
correspondence carried over the wires of the company.
The Government shall be entitled to make use of the poles belonging to the railway
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include:
- the visit of engineers to survey German alignment;
- Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48);
- the draft Anglo-Turkish Convention on railways in Asia Minor, 1911.
The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, Stuart George Knox; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Percy Zachariah Cox; the First Assistant Resident to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , J H Bill; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
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- 1 volume (97 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 99; 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 between ff 4-98; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3r, 4r:49r, 50r, 51r, 52r:58v, 61r:98v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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