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'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway' [80r] (155/194)
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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replacement r f aecuritiea IobI d^ariHg the war whi th were
pledged t^ the Baghdad Railway*
I am etc,
E, GREY,
(Received nn he 8th June 1913 with Political ^ecreary T 8
letter No 21 dated the 23rd May 1913).
ASTATIC TURKEY and ARABIA
7th May
Section 1.
CONFIDENTIAL
(Amended Copy)
21191 No 1.
Minute by Mr Parker*
I called at the German Embassy today and Herr von Kuhl-
-roann eKplained to me the views of the German Government hn
regard to certain matters touching the Baghdad Railway ,
Ttir ish finance and river naiigation in Mesopotamia.
I asked him to allow me to make notes, as the subjects
are involved , and T pointed out that I had come to hiaten 0
lis'en to his remardks and had of course no proposals ro
ma e* The substance of his remarks was as follows
1. The Baghdad Railway Company would prefer to build
and manage the section from Baghdad to Basrah themselves
rather than abandon that section to another com} any. The
company did not, under the arrangement of 1911, definitely
aahandon their rights to do this; they at that time merely
made a declaration of their readiness to do so subject to
two conditioi* , viz:- that the Baghdad ^ail^ay Company’s ±n-
- terest in the new company should be equal to that of any
nation other than Tur ey , and that the Baghdad Railway Com-
-pany should receive compensation fo r the renunciation of
righ s secured to them under hhe original concession.
2. If His Majesty’s Government agree to point (l)
he he Societe wnuld be prepared to agree that—
(a' The sections from Ba» rah t- Gulf should be indefinite
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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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- 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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