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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [105v] (215/368)
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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both Governments has been such that the survey work had to be taken in hand
immediately.
5. The Turkish project is that the line should be one of a metre-gauge, and the^
Russians favour that idea, as there seems to be some objection on their part to thf ^
possibility of the Samsoun Radway being joined on to the Anatolian system at an^
future time. The Regie generale hope to induce the Government to allow them to put
down a normal gauge line, and the surveys are being made both for a narrow as well
as for a normal gauge. . .
6 . The concession will only be for a railway from bamsoun to bivas, but it is
expected that arrangements will be made to obtain authorisation to build an extension
to Kharpout, and branches from Amasia to hiarsivan, 1 chorum, and perhaps
to Yozgat. < .
7 . No kilometric guarantee is to be given, and the construction or the port oi
Samsoun is to be included in the concession. M. Godard, one of the new technical
advisers at the Public Works Department, surveyed the bamsoun roadstead last-
summer, and has prepared all the plans and estimates of cost. I understand the
Regie generale hope to obtain the port concession on terms somewhat similar to those
granted to the Beyrout Port and Quay Company. .
Negotiations have been proceeding for some time past, and these will be actively
continued by M. Salandroze de Marne, chairman of the Regie generale, who is
expected to arrive in Constantinople from Paris about the 10th instant.
January G, 1910.
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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,
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/166
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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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