File 4044/1913 Pts 1-2 'Bagdad Railway Negotiations'

Content

The volume contains drafts and counter-drafts of the Anglo-German Convention on the Bagdad Railway, plus agreements involving the Bagdad Railway Company, the Ottoman Railway Company, the Anatolian Railway Company, and the Ottoman Government. There is also correspondence regarding the negotiations, conducted between the following: 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. Political Department; the Foreign Office; the British Ambassador to Berlin (Sir William Edward Goschen); the Imperial German Ambassador to London (Karl Max Fürst von Lichnowsky); the Councillor at the German Embassy (Richard von Kühlmann); and the Ottoman Finance Minister (Mehmed Cavid Bey).

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (285 folios)

It is grouped into

File 4044/1913 Pt 1 'Bagdad Railway: negotiations with Germany'

284 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/415/1

File 4044/1913 Pt 2 'Baghad Railway: negotiations with Germany'

282 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/415/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 4044 (Baghdad Railway Negotiations) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/415. The volume is divided into 2 parts.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 287; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English, German 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/10/415

Former external reference(s)

P 4044/1913 Pt 1 and Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

1913-1914 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

RailwaysDiplomacy

Places

IraqSyriaOttoman Empire

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeHM Ambassador to GermanyBaghdad RailwayTurkey, Finance MinisterImperial German Ambassador to London

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