'The Baghdad Railway Negotiations'
IOR/L/PS/18/B285
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The record is made up of 16 folios, including 1 map. It was created in Oct 1917. 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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This printed memorandum is a copy of an article reprinted for private circulation from the The Quarterly Review of October 1917 concerning the Baghdad Railway negotiations. The purpose of the article is to trace the development of railway interests in Turkey and seek to focus the situation in which the later negotiations concerning the Baghdad Railway took place, and ultimately resulted in a draft agreement. The article is divided into the following chronological periods which are dealt with in corresponding sections of the article: 'The First Period' (ending 1888), 'The Second Period' (ending 1903) and 'The Final Period' (ending June 1914). These sections are followed by a 'Conclusion'. Each section is referenced with footnotes.
There is one map accompanying the article on folio 71 entitled 'Map of Railways in Asiatic Turkey representing their condition in July 1914' with the following railway systems represented: 'Turkish Railways (European and Hejaz)', 'Anatolian Railway', 'Baghdad Railway System, Working', 'Baghdad Railways System, Projected', 'Baghdad Railway System, Branches', 'Other German Projected Lines', 'Smyrna-'Aidin Railway (British)', 'Smyrna-'Aidin Railway Projected', 'French Railways', 'French Railways Projected', 'Egyptian State Railway', 'Russian Railways', and 'Navigation Concessions under British Management'.
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- 16 folios, including 1 map
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 56. and terminates at folio 71, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in parallel between folio 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B285
- Former external reference(s)
- B285
- Date(s)
- Oct 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Anon., 'Baghdad Railway Negotiation',
Anon., 'Baghdad Railway Negotiation',
, Vol. 228, No. 453, October 1917, pp. 487-528, Vol. 228, No. 453, October 1917, pp. 487-528
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- Mesopotamia
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- Quarterly Review, periodicalBaghdad Railway
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B285
- Title
- 'The Baghdad Railway Negotiations'
- Pages
- 56r:70r
- Author
- Quarterly Review
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B285
- Title
- 'The Baghdad Railway Negotiations'
- Pages
- 71r
- Author
- Harrison and Sons Ltd
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B285
- Title
- 'The Baghdad Railway Negotiations'
- Pages
- 70v, 71v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence