File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
IOR/L/PS/10/60
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The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. 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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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to a negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1912-1914.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad and an extension to Basra. In particular the correspondence focuses on:
- Anglo-Turkish negotiations;
- concessions proposed in respect of Kuwait;
- negotiations with Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in London;
- the Anglo-Turkish convention and declaration signed by Sir Edward Grey and Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , 15th December, 1913.
The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary to the Board of Trade (Louis Mallet); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry McMahon); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (254 folios)
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- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (i)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ii)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (iii)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (iv)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (v)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (vi)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (vii)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (viii)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ix)2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60 (x)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/60
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- P 2764/1904 Pt 5
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- 1912-1914 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
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- 5r:8v, 23r:24v, 32r:37v, 39v, 43r:46v, 69r:72v, 73v:76v, 79r:86v, 88v:89v, 106v:107v, 109r:110v, 146v:149v, 160r:161v, 164v:165v, 213r:214v
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
- Pages
- 64r:64v
- Author
- Ibrahim Hakki Pasha
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
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- 39r
- Author
- Tewfik Pasha
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 9r:22v, 25r:31v, 38r:38v, 40r:42v, 47r:63v, 65r:68v, 73r, 77r:78v, 87r:88r, 90r:106r, 108r:108v, 111r:146r, 150r:159v, 162r:164r, 166r:212v, 215r:255v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (i)
- Title
- 'Annexe Numéro V. MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY.'
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- 38ar:38av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ii)
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- 'Annexe Numéro 5A. SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIAN COAST'
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- 38br:38bv
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (iii)
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- 'MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY'
- Pages
- 90ar:90av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (iv)
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- 'MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY'
- Pages
- 108ar:108av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (v)
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- 'Map No. 1 Sketch map showing TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER AS OCCUPIED BY PERSIA WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'
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- 186ar:186av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (vi)
- Title
- 'MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY'
- Pages
- 189ar:189av
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (vii)
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- 'SKETCH MAP of MUHAMMAREH AND LANDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TURCO PERSIAN BOUNDARY AS LOCALLY RECOGNIZED MAP No. 2'
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- 189br:189bv
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (viii)
- Title
- 'Sheet No. I MAP OF SHATT-AL-ARAB & BAHMANSHIR INCLUDING MAHAMMERAH AND ABBADAN I. MAP No. 3'
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- 189cr:189cv
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ix)
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- 'Sheet No. II MAP OF SHATT-AL-'ARAB & BAHMANSHIR INCLUDING MUHAMMAREH AND 'ABBADAN I. MAP No. 4'
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- 189dr:189dv
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (x)
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- 'MAP OF ARABIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
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- 238ar:238av
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence