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File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [‎130r] (264/368)

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 Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government]
Asiatic turkey and arabia.
[October 29.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 2.
[39751] No. 1.
Admiralty to Foreign Office.—(Received October 29.)
gj rj , Admiralty, October 28, 1909.
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you,
for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that it has been
brought to their notice that Mr. W. K. D’Arcy, who is known to them as a director of
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the original concessionnaire of the oil-bearing
territory now being worked by that company in Persia, is making application to the
Turkish Government for the grant of a right to search for oil near Bagdad.
My Lords are aware that associated with Mr. D’Arcy in his enterprise are Mr. C. W.
Wallace and other directors of the Burmah Oil Company^ who are the only firm
producing oil fuel at the present time in British possessions. The Burmah Oil
Company have gone to much trouble and expense to produce an oil suitable for use
in His Majesty’s ships, and have entered into a contract with the Admiralty for its
supply over a term of years. .
My Lords gather that if Mr. D’Arcy acquired the right to exploit the territory, he
would be hacked by a British syndicate which has had wide experience in oil matters,
and I am to request, therefore, that you will lay the above-mentioned facts before
Sir Edward Grey as lending additional support to the representations which it is
understood are already being addressed by the Foreign Office on behalf of Mr. D’Arcy s
application for a concession.
I am, &c.
C. I. THOMAS.
[2460 ff- —2]

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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)
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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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English and French in Latin script
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