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'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway' [45r] (88/194)
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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be made good out of the first receipts from the aghnams of the three vilayets in question
of the following year.
Although, according to the provisions of article 3 of the convention of the
20 th February, 1318 (5th March, 1903), the plans and designs of the sections to be
built must be submitted to the Ministry, of Commerce and Public Works within eight
months from the date at which the period of the concession for each section commences,
after the provisions of article 35 relating to the said section have been fulfilled, and
although the plans and designs in question must be examined and approved by the
aforesaid Ministry within three months from the date of their submission, since it
would not be possible to pomplete the survey within the eight months provided for by
article 3, it has been decided that the plans and designs of the part of the line between
Bulgurlu- Tel Habesh and Aleppo shall be submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and
Public Works within one year from the date of the exchange of the present additional
convention; that the plans and designs of the portion of the line between Tel-Habesh
and El Helif shall be submitted within three years from the same date; that the time
within which the approval of the plans and designs by the aforesaid Ministry must be
given shall be four months ; and that the construction of these 840 kilom. of line
shall be completed within eight years from the date of the exchange of the present
additional convention.
The service of the bonds to be issued in accordance with article 35 of the Bagdad
Railway Convention for the construction of the 840 kilom. of line mentioned above
shall be settled by a special convention simultaneously with the present additional
convention.
The present additional convention has, in accordance with the Imperial irade
promulgated by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, been done in duplicate, signed,
and exchanged at Constantinople, the 3rd Jemazi-ul-Ewel, 132(3 ( 20 th May, 1324
( 2 nd June, 1908) ).
Imperial Ottoman Bagdad Railway Company :
ED. HUGUENIN, Delegate Administrator.
CH. HELFFERICH, Administrator.
Seal of the Ministry of Commerce and Public W orks,
ZIHNI.
Certified to be a true copy :
The Head of the Translation Department of the Ministry
of Commerce and Public Works,
Boghos.
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- Content
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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/5/63
- Title
- 'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3r, 4r:49r, 50r, 51r, 52r:58v, 61r:98v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence