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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [34v] (77/799)
The record is made up of 1 volume (391 folios). It was created in 1908-1910. 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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tout prix ne pas m’engager. Maimon me dit qu’a son avis la solution est de
demander un conseil technique (“ consulting engineer ”) anglais.
Mais cela vous convient-il ? Oela vous suffit-il ?
Je vous prie de me telegraphier le plus tot possible.
Tout a vous,
ANDRE TARDIEU.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Youssouf Said Bey to Mr. Barry.
Sir, Constantinople, July 21, 1909.
IN consideration of your promise to put me in a position to prove to the Ottoman
Government that, in asking for the concession for a railway from the Mediterranean to
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, I am supported by people capable of assisting me financially to bring
the enterprise to a satisfactory conclusion, I agree with you not to transfer the
concession to the company which will be formed without stipulating as one of the
terms to be carried out by the latter, that you shall be the engineer-in-chief for the
construction, or at any rate one of the two engineers-in-chief, if the financial prepara
tion necessitates a second engineer, and that you shall be the engineer-in-chief for the
control of the working of the line.
I would ask you therefore, Sir, to have a letter written to his Excellency the
Minister of Public Works and Commerce of the Ottoman Empire, in the above sense
As a matter of form please write me that we are entirely in agreement.
I have, &c.
YOUSSOUF SAID.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1903-1907.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad in particular.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume are four maps.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Lansdowne, Sir Edward Grey), His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas O'Connor), the Under Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Charles Hardinge, Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson), and for India (Earl Percy, Sir Arthur Godley), the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon of Keddleston), the Secretary to the Political and Secret Department of 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. (Sir Richmond Richie) and the London Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia (George Newell).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (391 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 392; 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 ff 329-358; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/57
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:164v, 166r:238r, 238r:238v, 238v:277r, 277r:277v, 277v:285r, 285r:285v, 285v:363v, 365r:392r, 392
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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