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File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.' [10r] (24/514)
The record is made up of 1 volume (253 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913. 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]
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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
1913
[May 3.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 2.
[21040]
No. 1
Sir Edward Grey to Sir E. Goschen.
(No. 152.)
Sir,
Foreign Office, May 3, 1913.
THE German Ambassador informed me to-day that the Deutsche Bank wished to
have the building of the Bagdad Railway beyond Bagdad, even if it was a Turkish
concession ; but in the circumstances they would agree to two British directors for this
part of the work. Their agreement to this would be facilitated if British capital would
come in. They would also be willing to give up any idea of construction beyond
Basra, but they would want some indemnity for giving up this part of the concession, j
1 said that I thought that all the concession beyond Bagdad had already been given
up in return for concessions made by Turkey elsewhere, especially in the neighbour
hood of Alexandretta ; and that Turkey was now entitled to build the railway beyond
Bagdad as she liked, provided that, if she asked for any foreign participation, she gave
Germany as large a share as any other country. I did not, therefore, see how Turkey
could again have to pay an indemnity for the giving up of any part of a concession as
regards which she had already purchased her freedon of action, subject to the condition
of participation of German capital which I had stated. I had, however, been unable to
attend to any details of this subject lately, and I would ask the Ambassador either to
The Ambassador also said that the Deutsche Bank hoped that we would give
support on the commission in Paris as to the replacement of securities lost during the
war, which were pledged to the Bagdad Railway.
discuss them with Sir Louis Mallet or to authorise Herr von Kuhlmann to discuss
them.
I am, &c.
E. GREY.
[2917 c—2]
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The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.
The papers cover: contracts and agreements; Russian concern over the proposed agreement; the formation of a joint company to operate river transport on the Euphrates and Tigris; the assertion by Britain of exceptional rights to navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia; and papers concerning the general Baghdad Railway question.
The French language content of the volume consists of contracts, agreements and conventions, with English translations.
The volume contains conventions and agreements that are earlier than the man date range, dated 1903-11.
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- 1 volume (253 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 1808 (Bagdad Railway) consists of one volume only. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 31r:31v, 34r:49v, 54r:59v, 61r:75v, 78r:81v, 83r:89v, 91r:135v, 138r:141v, 143r:145v, 192r:214v, 254r:254v, 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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