File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [34r] (72/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 1908-1911. 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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[This Poomnent is the Property of His Britannic Majest/g Govemment]
^ISIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[January 26.]
Section I.
[2456] No. 1 .
Sir Edward Grey to Count Benckcndorff.
THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the
Russian Ambassador, and with reference to his Excellency’s verbal observations made
to Sir A. Nicolson on the 15th instant on the subject of the Turkish concession for the
railway from Samsun to Sivas, has the honour to state that, according to a report from
His Majesty’s charge d’affaires at Constantinople, the Franco-Russian financial group
represented by M. Sallandrouze de Lamovnaix, which has hitherto enjoyed the support
of the Russian Government, cannot yet be regarded as having abandoned its efforts to
obtain the concession.
Mr. Marling also states that as no one had come forward to undertake the
construction of the entire railway on the terms desired by the Turkish Government,
the Ministry of Public Works had decided to contract for the building of the first
90 kilom. of the line in small sections of 10 kilom. each ; and it has been announced
in the Turkish press that a Turkish contractor, who had been employed on the Hedjaz
railway, had undertaken the first sections. Mr. Marling doubts whether this procedure
will be found to be practicable for the whole railway, as after the first 40 or 50 kilom.
difficult country is encountered, necessitating the use of more expensive appliances
than native contractors can command.
Foreign Office, January 26, 1911.
[1851 cc—T]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia.
Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir and along the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to compete with the Baghdad Railway. The company was designated 'The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli - Homs Railway and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company'.
Correspondence also discusses the different consortia bidding for oil concessions in Mesopotamia and the relative significance of French, Russian and German involvement. Included in the volume is a letter (folios 49 - 153) from William Knox D'Arcy giving a 'List of Turkish concessions connected with oil now being sought'.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and the Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther).
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- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3047 (Railways: Asiatic Turkey) consists of 1 volume,
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:67v, 69r:138v, 140r:148v, 154r:157v, 159r:170v, 175r:181v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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