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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [‎203r] (414/799)

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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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Cl 7 ‘
■ ' of His Britannic Majesty’s Gove
veromant]
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
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SECRET.
[41726]
[November 15.]
Section 3.
(No. 889.) Ml ' Marhng t0 Slr Edward Grey.—(Received November 15.)
Sir,
THE Bagdad Railway Company announces th^ih fr^l ?P u% N ° Vemier 5> 1909 -
accepted the company’s plans for the continuation o/t^ T ^ rkls |} Government have now
Taurus to Aleppo and thence across the Euphrates to FlCrTc f '°, m Bul =" rlu ov er the
and that work on this section will be 'started on^at once 1 ^ " distaDCe ° f ' 840 kiIom -
section^ a ca^itd^ e 40 1 0 S C)00/ 1;l lmVln^its 1 |i 1C *d On OOI ? 1 P an / ' s to be formed for this
be a board, composed of twel^nLC^tlS fiT^ "l wffl
one Austrian, and two Swiss. Dr Gwynner will V n Germalls > four French,
director-general adjoint of the Anatolian Railway one ofX Ce “ M ' u KaUtz ’
French are M. Gaston Auboyneau, administrator ^nd lYT p t ^ erman niembers; the
sgsr" B ‘ nt '*—«• -1
and MM. Huguenin and n'ilin.'r’n l ' 'i' iL! . r ' t P resi daat
hands of MM. Winkler and Mavrogordato for the part wA 1 001 J strilotlon , ls in the
to Adana, while Meissner Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the builder of the Hediaz ® l ' 1 - urIu acr oss the Taurus
wtth that portion over the A,nanus Moults Wotls to bT^nim be6n i r trL ' St f d
from four points : at Bulgurlu, and at Adana towards tA ttrus andTi ^T 7
towards the Amanus, as well as at Alormn If p , i 1 . aurus ’ ar, d tiom Adana
Adana Plain will allow work to go on all through the" winter so as to nn k° the
and give employment to the many unemployed and suffer^ f +1 g? 13 f ° r loSt tlme
The Bagdad^Company’s anno^nceme^tCdd^ Ada re
have agreed to the trace' of the whole section as nresentprl A. T i T- ment
is not actually the case, and that no decision Tas” reaotd ^ ^ 1 this
from Adana onwards, the Ministry of War favouring the onVinal 1 , egai , dm 1 ^ Z 116 s ^ etcil
A syndicate formed by the Imperial Ottoman Bank of Paris the Vienna Rant
Verem, and the Swiss Credit Anstalt, and headed by the Deutsche Bank will takfn k '
the loans series II and III, amounting to 9,080,000/., wiU the pfocCAAf ^^0
railway company will gradually pay for the construction of the new section
cides wfthXTne”™* Af heCOntm u ati0n0f ^ 0rk 011 the Ba g dad Railway line coin-
aes with the opening of the new railway terminus at Haidar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. which took nlocA
rccasion^of^bHhd the . 4td instant ’ as a delicate compliment to the Sultan on the
Turkish MmW hirfhday, in the presence ol representatives of the Sultan, all the
Anatolkn M R fl il p e German Ambassador, and all the prominent members of the
Deutsche BanTYnd ^ ‘ S l it* ?iP eech }j >' M - Gwynner, director of the
HaladiianF^A- h i° ng “n ” A M ’ Kautz ’ tlle M ™ie*er of Public Works,
the Ar atnf ff n Said “ Tu rds m tlie “ a,ne ° f the Turkish Government, thanking
GovernmentAT° n h Pan ' y rl f0 + r n t - heir rr-r te j rpnS ?i and actlvlt y. and announcing that the
i i d^d changed their attitude with regard to questions of nrooress a’id
SaTrnio th SmCe 'A 0 ‘' the ^ ^ "' el - med the infl3forelgf
nrfA 4 country, but in granting new concessions and sanctioning new enter-
weahh an74 ^ T now - no * benefit certain individuals, but to augment the
eaitn and power and encourage the development of the Ottoman Empire.
ment ,,?„ added that ’ aS St ? P t0 tke encouragement of free circulation, the Govern-
ievenue s r de PreP dT S a T d f ° r the abohtlon , of passports within the Empire, and that
venues derived from this source were struck out from this year’s budget
I have, &e.
CHARLES M. MARLING.

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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).

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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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