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'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway' [158r] (33/52)
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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(The distances are approximate.)
The ANATOLIAN RAILWAY, including branches to
Adabazar and Angora, has a total length of 645 miles.
The direct line from Scutari (opposite Constantinople)
to Konia is 496 miles, viz.: Scutari to Eski Shehir, 216 ;
and thence to Konia, 280.
From Afium Karahissar to Scutari the distance is 295
miles.
The SMYRNA-CASSABA RAILWAY works 324 miles.
From Afium Karahissar to Smyrna the distance is 260
miles.
The SMYRNA-AIDIN RAILWAY works 322 miles.
From the present rail-head to Konia the distance is 110
miles, and if a junction were effected the distance from
Konia to Smyrna would be 340 miles.
The MERSINA-ADANA RAILWAY works 42 miles.
The BAGDAD RAILWAY is to run from Konia, vi4
Adana, Mosul and Bagdad to Bussorah, but it is probable
that the eventual terminus will be at a point further east
than Bussorah.
The railway distance from Konia to Bagdad is roughly
900 miles, and from Bagdad to Bussorah it is 360 miles,
and from Bussorah to Koweit 100 miles.
The first section from Konia to Bourgourlou (6 miles
beyond Eregli) was opened in October, 1904.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/18/B153
- Title
- '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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