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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [153r] (23/52)
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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Board of Trade
Meraorandura,
June 1905.
steady and permanent increase in the tithes of
the districts through which they pass.
The general conclusion from the above
statistics is that, from financial considerations,
British co-operation will certainly not be a sine
qud non of the construction of the railway, more
especially if French capitalists continue, as at
present, to take part in the scheme. A full
survey of the line has not, however, yet been
carried out, nor has any estimate of the cost of
railway guards in the disturbed districts been
prepared. There is the further element of a
possible default on the part of the Ottoman
Government, and of the crisis which would
ensue.
There is, therefore, reason to suppose that
Germany is averse to taking all the financial as
well as political responsibilities of this great
enterprise, and would welcome British and French
co-operation, let, if she is obliged to go on
single-handed, she will not, it would seem, be
deterred, in spite of the financial difficulties of
the Turkish Treasury, and of the obstacles which
may be placed in the way of establishing a
terminus at Koweit.
Part V.
The Influence of the Railway on
British Interests.
A railroad which owes its existence to an
elaborate system of Government subsidies, and
is destined to form a direct line of communica
tion between the German Empire and the shores
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, must be regarded in the
light of no ordinary commercial venture.
The promoters of this scheme have proclaimed
their policy of supplanting British trade in a
region where till recently competition was non
existent. The trade of Bussorah and Bagdad,
valued at 2,500,000/. in 1903, has been a virtual
monopoly of Great Britain and India; 50 per
cent, of the river transport between these two
towns has been effected in British bottoms; and
of the total steam-ship tonnage entered in 1900
at Bussorah, 96 per cent, was British. Nor is
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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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