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File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway' [192r] (392/488)
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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ASIATIC TURKEY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Sir N. O'Conor to the Marquess of Lansdowne.
(No. 520.)
My Lord, Constantino’ple, November 29, 1902.
WITH reference to my despatch. No. 495 of the 8th instant, I have the honour
to transmit to your Lordship herewith a copy of a despatch received from His
Majesty’s Consul-General at Beirut reporting changes of officials effected hy
Mouzaffer
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the new Governor-General of the Lebanon.
I have, &c.
(Signed) N. R. O’CONOR.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Consul-General Drummond Hay to Sir N. O’Conor.
(No. 147.)
gj r Beirut, November 20, 1902.
' * WITH reference to my despatch No. 140 of the 5th instant, I have the honour
to inform your Excellency that Mouzaffer
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
returned here on the 13th from his
tour in the Shouf, and immediately after his arrival dismissed the Druse Kaimakam,
Emir Shekib Arslan, who was hastily appointed by Naoum
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
last summer
on the resignation of Emir Mustapha Arslan, as reported in my despatch No. 103 of
the 15th August last. He also removed from office two Mudirs for disobedience to
orders regarding political demonstrations during his tour.
A Druse member of the Council of Administration, Hamad Bey Harnady, was
anpointed Acting Kaimakam in the place of Emir Shekib.
x The latter and his uncle, the ex-Kaimakam, have, I understand, appealed to the
Sheikh-ul-Islam for protection as loyal “Moslem” subjects of the Sultan and
he 0 ’ 0 ’in 0, him to interfere on their behalf and to rescue the Druse districts from falling
under foreign influence hy preventing the appointment of a Kaimakam from the
Djumhlak family, who are represented hy the petitioners as being agents ot British
and traitors to the Government. ™ ,
A Memorial was also forwarded to the Mushir at Damascus containing about
fiftv seals, with several names of distinguished Moslem families who have no con
nection whatever with the Lebanon, and I am informed on good authority that many
of the seals are spurious. , , , ,
Mouzaffer
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is well aware of these proceedings and has taken eftecinve
measures to check the agitation and preserve order in the Druse districts His
Excellency will start again about the 23rd instant for the central Kaimakamliks of
Meten and Zahleh. *
I IlHVP OuC.
(Signed) C ’ R. DRUMMOND HAY.
No. 2.
Sir N. O’Conor to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received December 8.)
(No. 521 Confidential.) Constantinople, November 29, 1902.
1 ^ ^HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith copy of a despatch
from His Majesty’s Consul at Damascus, respecting Turkish surmises as to the rea
political objects of the Hedjaz Railway. ^
(Signed) N. R. O’CONOR.
[2321 h —3]
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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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- File 3142/1903 'Hedjaz Railway'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 2r:6v, 8r:50v, 52r:85r, 88r:88v, 91r:105v, 107r:119v, 122r:129v, 131r:200v, 204r:235v, 238r:239v, back-i
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