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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [145v] (8/52)
The record is made up of 1 volume (25 folios). It was created in Jun 1906. It was written in English and French. 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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be divided, from the date when the State bonds to be
issued by the Ottoman Government are handed over
in respect of it. The Anatolian Railways Concession,
which was originally for a similar term of ninety-nine
vears, from 1888, is at the same time extended so as
to cover the full period ot the new Company s Con
cession.
“ The new line is to be divided up for purposes ot
construction into sections, each of approximately
200 kilom. (Article III). These sections are not
specified, but it is understood that, starting from
Konia, the main line will comprise twelve sections,
viz., Konia-Eregli (opened in 1004), Eregli-Adana,
Adana-Tellhabesh (whence the branch line to Aleppo),
Tellhabesh-Harran (whence the branch line to Urfa),
Harran-Nussibin Nussibin-Mosul, Mosul-Tekrit, lek-
rit-Bagdad (with a branch line Irom Sadijeh to
Khanikin, on the Persian frontier), Bagdad-Nedjel,
Nedjef-Zubeir, and Bashar (two sections), and finally
Zubeir to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
“ Article IV binds the concessionnaire to begin work
on the first section within three months from approval
of the plans, and to complete it within two years. [It
was actually completed in October 1904.] At the same
time it is provided that the whole line and its branches
shall be completed within eight years, a curiously short
allowance for the completion of the other sections when
compared with the two years allowed for completion of
the first section alone. But this Article contains another
still more curious provision. The term fixed for the
completion of the whole line is subject not only to the
punctual fulfilment by the Ottoman Government of its
financial obligations towards the concessionnaire, but
also to delays arising from force majeure; and force
majeure includes, as well as war between European
Powers, any radical change in the financial situation of
Germany, Great Britain, or France. As there is
nothing to indicate what shall be deemed to constitute
such a radical change, nor who shall determine when
such a radical change shall be held to have taken
place, this provision appears liable to very elastic
construction.
“ The railway is to be built (Article VII) in the first
instance for a single line, but a second line is to be laid
when the gross kilometric receipts shall have reached
30,000 fr. per annum.
“Article VIII provides for the creation of an Ottoman
Joint Stock Company under the name of “ Imperial
Ottoman Bagdad Railway Company,” which shall aiKe
the place of the Anatolian Railway Company in all that
concerns the new line from Konia to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with its branches. The Anatolian Company engages
not to transfer its lines to any other than the Imperial
Ottoman Bagdad Railway Company, and the latter
binds itself not to part with its property in any shape
or form.
“ Article IX allows the Company during construction
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This file is a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the Baghdad railway written by Alwyn Parker,who had negotiated with both the German Government and the Ottoman Empire on this issue and was considered the Foreign Office's specialist on the topic.
The memorandum is divided up as follows:
1. General Railway development in Asia Minor;
2. The Baghdad Railway Convention of 1903;
3. The Anglo-German negotiations of 1903;
4. The prospects of completion of the line without British co-operation;
5. The influence of the railway on British interests.
The file contains a map of the rail lines on folio 159 entitled 'Le Chemin De Fer De Bagdad' (The Baghdad Railway).
The appendix to the memorandum contains a copy (in French) of the Convention de la Societe Imperiale Ottomane du Chemin de Fer de Bagdad of March, 1903 (folios 160-166), in and on folio 167 a list of official correspondence and publications referenced in the memorandum.
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- 1 volume (25 folios)
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On folio 167, the memorandum contains a list of all official correspondence and publications referenced in it.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 142, and terminates at f 167, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway'
- Pages
- 142r:167v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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