File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.'

Content

The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .

The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.

The papers cover: contracts and agreements; Russian concern over the proposed agreement; the formation of a joint company to operate river transport on the Euphrates and Tigris; the assertion by Britain of exceptional rights to navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia; and papers concerning the general Baghdad Railway question.

The French language content of the volume consists of contracts, agreements and conventions, with English translations.

The volume contains conventions and agreements that are earlier than the man date range, dated 1903-11.

Extent and format

1 volume (253 folios)

It is grouped into

'MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 60

'SKETCH MAP TO SHEW APPROXIMATELY RAILWAYS IN ASIATIC TURKEY'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251

'PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 252

Arrangement

The subject 1808 (Bagdad Railway) consists of one volume only. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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 3-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/271

Former external reference(s)

P 1808/1912

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Railway constructionRiver navigation

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeBoard of TradeEuphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation CompanyBaghdad Railway

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