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File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway' [7r] (20/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (242 folios). It was created in 1901-1908. It was written in English, French and Turkish, Ottoman. 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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Moulvi Inshi-tjllah, editor of the Watan, Lahore, has re
mitted to the Hedjaz Railway Fund at Constantinople the thirty-
fourth instalment, amounting to 1,120 re., collected from his
readers during the past two and a half months. The chief con
tributor of the present instalment is a Moslem lady of Buland-
shahr district. Including this remittance, the editor of the
'Watan has altogether remitted about 98,000 rs., or about 7,0001.
'The present remittance is four times greater than the preceding
one, but still it bears no comparison with the amounts of the
xemittances sent in 1908 when the line was being completed down
to Medina. Notwithstanding many official or semi-official
announcements on the part of the Turkish Government there are
yet no visible signs of an early resumption of work on the most
important portion of the line between Medina and Mecca.
General disappointment caused by the attitude of the Turkish
Government has been recently increased by the persistent com
plaints regarding the maladministration of the already completed
part of the line to such an extent that an Egyptian newspaper
Al Ahrom (The Pyramids) has very recently given vent to it in a
very outspoken manner. It says that the gross receipts of the
last year, some 30
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, must have amounted to one
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
if the administration had been intelligent and good.
'The paper pays an unintentional or indirect tribute to the good
wxmk done by the Pax Britannica in Egypt by remarking that
Turks, owing to inexperience, are totally unfit for managing such
enterprises, and unless the Ottoman Government borrows the
services of experienced Egyptian officials matters will continue
to go from bad to worse. The Watan has announced its intention
of stopping the fund on the completion of the round sum of
1,00,000 rs. if the work is not resumed on the uncompleted portion
of the line.
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This volume contains copies of correspondence between British officials regarding the construction of the Hedjaz [Hijaz] Railway. The correspondence discusses a number of different aspects of the railway including its route, the progress of its construction and donations made towards its construction by members of the Muslim community in India.
A limited amount of the correspondence in the volume is in French, including a copy of a letter sent by Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador in London, to Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary (folio 15).
The volume contains a number of reports and related information about the railway. Of particular interest are the following:
- A report on the Hejaz Railway by Major Francis Richard Maunsell, dated July 1907 (ff 56-69)
- A memorandum respecting German influence on the Hejaz Railway by George Ambrose Lloyd, 1906 (ff 95-96)
- A list of the principal stations on the Hejaz Railway with approximate distances between Damascus and each station (f 100)
- A map of the Hejaz Railway with list of stations (f 106)
- A report by Mr Teofani Loiso, Vice-Consul at Mersina, based on information provided to him by his son who was employed as an engineer on the railway (ff 105-107)
- A report by Herr Otto von Kapp Kohlstein, a German engineer who inspected the Haifa-Damascus branch of the route and worked on the construction of the Damascus-Maan branch (ff 107-109).
In addition, the volume contains cuttings (and translations) of press articles related to several aspects of the railway and its construction. Also included are two maps. The Turkish (Ottoman) language material consists of the second of these two maps.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (242 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 240; 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. It should be noted that the covers of this volume have not been foliated.
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- English, French and Turkish, Ottoman in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/12
- Title
- File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway'
- Pages
- 7r:7v
- Author
- Homeward Bound
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- Public Domain