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File 2764/1904 Pt 2 'Baghdad Railway: General negotiations 1908-10.' [346r] (706/799)
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 Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
BAGDAD RAILWAY.
SECRET.
[18753]
[June 1.]
Section 2.
Mr. G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 1)
(No. 275.)
k* 1 *’ -»TT T rn TT p , -i _ Pera, May 24, 1908.
WITH reference to my telegram No. 114 of yesterday, I have the honour to report
that the Anatolian Kaiiway Company have now presented to the Ministry of Public
Works two draft Conventions, the one technical and the other financial, respecting the
details of the extension of the Bagdad Railway from Bulgurlu to Halif, the point at
which the branch to Mardin is to leave the main line.
According to these Conventions the plans and specifications for the work are to be
submitted within a year, and eight years are to be allowed for the completion of the
extension. Including a branch line from Telhabesh to Aleppo (40 kilom.), the length
of line to be laid is 840 kilom., involving a total kilometric guarantee of 13,020,000 fr
(11,000 fr. per kilom. for construction and 4,500 fr. for working), or 572,000h’a-year!
To secure this the Government’s share in the surplus of the ceded revenues is pledged
from 1913, and I understand that the sheep tax in the Aleppo Vilayet, and nofi as
reported in my telegram of yesterday, the Anatolian Railway tithes surplus, is assigned
as additional guarantee. Should these two sources prove insufficient, the deficiency is
to be made good from the general revenues of the Empire.
The draft Conventions provide for a loan of 227,000,000 fr. nominal at 4 per cent,
interest and ’08 per cent, sinking fund, to be issued as the progress of the construction
work requires. As the plans are not needed for a year, it seems unlikely that the work
will begin before this time next year, and the construction being spread over eight
years, the contemplated loan is not likely to over-tax the resources of the money market
in Berlin.
r liftvp
(Signed) ’ G. BARCLAY.
[1824 a—2]
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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)
- 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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