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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV' [121r] (241/270)
The record is made up of 1 file (132 folios). It was created in 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920. 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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(Id) The oonsslrvotlon of a metre sr&usr* line from Baghdad
to the new Cantonment on the left ban!: ( about 6 miles ) in
accordance with recent orders ie bein* undertaken at once;
it i8 assumed that this line will be permanency and it will
be constructed accordingly.
It will be realised from the above that although
very little is needed at present in the way of plant or
machinery from outside Mesopotamia, the amount of work to be
done in the country is considerable, and, taken in conjunction
with the programme of the irrigation and forks Departments, far
beyond the present labour resources of the country.
Importation of Indian labour on a considerable scale will,
therefore, be necessary to complete the pro-rramme outlined
above, as well as for the operation of the railways themselves
until sufficient Arabs and other local inhabitants can be found
and trained to railway work.
It is not proposed to carry out any permanent work on
the Basra-A»arah or Baghdad-Dhibban line until it has been
decided whether these lines are to be retained as a rermatruoy .
a or is it porposed it carry out any permanent works on the
Baghdad-B&murrah line build, but not completed by the Baghdad
Hallway Company, or on the Samerrah-Baiji Extension built
during the War, until the future status of this lines has been
finally determined.
Ulaned.) <5. LUBBOCK.
Brig.-General•
Director of Hallways.
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Planning, reconnaissance, and surveying for a proposed direct Baghdad-Haifa ('Trans-Arabian') line
- Costs and expenditure
- Transition from military to civil administration.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
The file contains two maps, both showing railway lines in the region (folios 132-133). The file also includes a newspaper cutting of an article on the Baghdad-Basra railway, from The Pioneer Mail , dated 5 December 1919 (folio 92).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title
- 'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:91v, 93r:131v, 134r, 135v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence