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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [‎306r] (626/799)

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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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[March 22.]
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Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received March 22.)
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W11H reference to the statement contained in the Memorandum of mv dpsr.aioti
No. 740 of the 4th November, 1908, that the bonds for the loan “ Serie!^ ” telhe
further construction of the Bagdad Railway, had not yet been handed over in
accordance with Article 2 of the contract of the 2nd June, 1908, I have the honour to
report that 1 now learn that they have been handed over.
v You will perceive that by paragraph 3 of Article 35 of the original contract of
the 5th March, 1908, Le concessionnaire devra honifier au Gouvernement Imperial
ottoman les sommes que celui-ci aura payees pendant la periods de construction pour
le service des titres remis au concessionnaire c’est-a-dire, jusqua la date de la
reception provisoire de chaque section de chemin de fer,” that is to say, no money
passes in payment of interest on the bonds till a section of line is completed and handed
over in working order.
No further construction has been accomplished, and no interest is therefore due
from the Ottoman Government on account of these bonds.
I have, &c.
(Signed) GERARD LOWTHER.
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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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