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'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence' [133v] (271/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (306 folios ). It was created in 1903. It was written in English and French. 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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204 BAGHDAD RAILWAY CONVENTION OF 1903
The total length of the new railway, including the
branches, for the construction of which immediate
provision is made, is not set down anywhere in the
Convention, even approximately, though in view of the
kilometric guarantee to which the Turkish Government
is pledged, it would seem to be a very material point.
It may be estimated roughly at 1 ,750 miles, and if we
add for the existing Anatolian railways 625 miles, and
for the Smyrna-Kassaba and Mersina-Adana railways,
which have already passed under German control,
another 400 miles, the entire system will amount to an
a gg" re g" a,:e of nearly 2,800 miles, independently of the
further extensions already contemplated, and of the
ultimate absorption of Syrian and Arabian railways.
The concession is granted (Article II.) for ninety-nine
years, but in reality it will extend over a slightly longer
period. For the ninety-nine years' term will run for
each of the sections into which the line is to be divided
from the date when the State bonds to be issued by the
Ottoman Government are handed over in respect of
it. The Anatolian railways' concession, which was
originally for a similar term of ninety-nine years,
whereof fifteen have already expired, is at the same
time extended so as to cover the full period of the new
Company's concession.
The new line is to be divided up for purposes of
construction into sections, each of approximately 200
kilometres (Article III.). These sections are not
specified, but it is understood that starting from Konia
the main line to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
will comprise twelve
sections, viz. Konia-Eregli, Eregli-Adana, Adana-Tell
Habesh (whence the branch line to Aleppo), Tell-
Habesh-Harran (whence the branch line to Urfa),
Harran-Nussibin, Nussibin - Mosul, Mosul - Tekrit,
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The volume, written by Valentine Chirol and printed in London by John Murray in 1903, is based on a series of letters written by Chirol during a journey through Persia and the Persian Guf, that appeared in The Times in 1902 and 1903.
The main topics are: the concept of 'Middle East'; the Baghdad Railway; the British role in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Russian influence over Persia; the border of Afghanistan; the North-East Frontier of India, and Tibet. An appendix at the back of the volume contains copies of international treaties, and documents in French on the Baghdad Railway.
The volume contains numerous illustrations and three maps:
- 'Sketch Map of the Borderlands of India';
- 'Sketch Map of Asia showing railway expansion';
- 'Sketch map of Persia and adjoining countries'.
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- 1 volume (306 folios )
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'The Middle Eastern question or some political problems of Indian defence'
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- 2r:305v
- Author
- Chirol, Sir (Mary) Ignatius Valentine
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