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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [‎155r] (318/799)

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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 Doc ament is the Property of His Britairaiqf Majestys Gover nment.]
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
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SECRET.
[45620]
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No. 1.
[December 16.j
Section 1.
AT?. Bax-Ironside to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received December 16)
(No. 58.) ~
„ 7TrFTJ , 0 Berne, December 13, 1909.
W11H reference to Sir Conyngham Greene’s despatch No. 56, Confidential, of the
21st November, 1903, on the subject of the Bagdad Railway, I have the honour to
report that, as announced by the “ Times ” correspondent in Berlin, a new company
has been constituted at Glams in Switzerland, termed the “ Societe pour la Con
struction de Chemins de Fer en Turquie,” with a capital of 10,000,000 fr. (400,000Z.),
for the purpose of further railway construction in Asiatic Turkey.
The immediate object is to extend the Bagdad Railway for a distance of 840kilom.
from Bulgurlu.
The real reason for constituting the new company in Switzerland appears to be that
the enterprise thus commenced will be judged to have an international character, and
the founders hope by this means to attract more capital from France, Switzerland’ and
even Italy, than would be the case were the company to have been formed in Berlin.
As a matter of fact, it is understood here that the undertaking will practically be
in the hands of the Deutsche Bank.
Messrs. Escher and Frey, of Zurich, are the only men of Swiss nationality
represented on the board.
I have, &c.
H. O. BAX-IRONSIDE.
[2536 tf-l]

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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).

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1 volume (391 folios)
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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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