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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [128r] (264/799)
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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[This D° cu menfc is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government''
(Translation.)
(Telegraphic.)
GROWING anxiety is making itself felt in the Porte on account of the occurrences
m the provinces of Bagdad and Bussorah. A confidential order issued by the Porte to
the governor of Bussorah lifts a cornerjof the veil which hangs over the proceedings,
and gives the key of the movement which is going on amongst the Arab population in
the Euphrates and Tigris districts. The English capitalists are making large purchases
of land in Schatt-el-Arab and mid-Mesopotamia. The larger part of the land purchased
consists of date plantations, the cultivation of which is to receive great impetus from the
English action. Several large purchases have already been made, and recently the
immense lands of the influential landowner of the province Bussorah—Zuhehir Zade
Ahmed Pasha—have passed into English hands. These systematic purchases are
beginning to be regarded here in the light of a serious danger. The valis of Bussorah
and Bagdad have been instructed to discourage the.sale of lands to foreigners. It is
said that an unsuccessful attempt has been made to cancel the English transaction with
Zade Ahmed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Ac®AD RAILWAY.
[January 17.]
SECRET.
Section 3.
[1788]
No. 1 .
Siv E. G oschen to Stir Hrlinnrrri /d • 7 » ~ ,
ii i V ? 7 e ’ wnicl1 llas appeared in the “Frankfurt
alleged purchase of land by English capitalists in Mesopotamia.
I have, &c.
W. E. GOSCHEN.
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Eocti act from the Frankfurter Zeitung" of January 8 , 1910.
[2577 r—3]
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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.
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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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- File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.'
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- 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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