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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 18 Dec 1906. 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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ways, for the use of which T would pay both
Germany and Turkey a high price according to the
extent of the control they would give us.
T suggest that we should enter into partnership
with the Concessionaires, leaving to thorn the land-
line, and securing to ourselves the waterways, with,
if possible, a separate concession from Turkey for
our portion. I propose that the river steamers
should be merely a continuation of the land line
from Baghdad to the sea or to Bussorah, that they
should work in conjunction with the railway, and
lor this T suggest that we might advance to the
Concessionaires enough money to complete their
railway to Baghdad, including branches to
Khanakin and iNejf.
T would do this, if unavoidable, without
guarantee and without raising import duties, but
with the stipulation that on our total investment we
should get the same interest as any other partici
pator in the land line. If possible, I would keep
the accounts of the water line separate, unless
obliged to amalgamate with the land line in order
to avoid being shut out altogether.
(b) Ef we cannot secure the waterways or can
only secure them to a much limited extent, and
must in that case take part in the land line, I sug
gest that we should go as far north as Mosal, in
spite of all difficulties, rather than lose all.
L. S. N
18th December 1906.
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Printed confidential memorandum (B 160), written by Major Lindsay Sherwood Newmarch, 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 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. , dated 18 December 1906. The memorandum addresses the associated risks and benefits to be incurred and gained from not being involved in the construction of the Baghdad railway. Newmarch refers to: imperial competition over the line and the region more broadly, chiefly from Russia, France and Germany; the alternative prospect of gaining a monopoly on river traffic south of Baghdad (on the Tigris and Euphrates) if the railway were extended to Baghdad; the prospect of negotiating a concession for a steam ship monopoly south of Baghdad with the Turks, and German competition for any such concession; the difficulties that would be faced in attempting to construct a railway line south of Baghdad, to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the easier prospects for a line from Baghdad to Urfa [Şanlıurfa; al-Ruhā] or Mosul; economic advantages to other branches of the line, in terms of transporting pilgrims, goods; his own recommendations for British involvement and control of railway construction and steam ship routes, and his conclusion that Britain should ‘secure the waterways’ south of Baghdad, at the cost of involvement in construction of the railway line to the north.
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Foliation: The file comprises two separated folded sheets, foliated from 1 to 4. The memorandum also has its own original pagination, running 2 to 7 from ff 2v-4.
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- 1r:4v
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