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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.' [‎28r] (60/514)

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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We cannot see that this would necessitate the
absorption of this Company with the consequent dis
appearance of the British flag. This is a Turkish
rather than a German aim. This Company would prefer
to remain a British Company and this preference has
been strengthened by recent happenings in Turkey.
But, if this Company is to remain a British Com
pany, it will need the strong support of His Majesty’s
Government in the direction of the removal of + be res
trictions at present imposed upon its development.
Assured of such support on the part of TJr is
Majesty's Government, we could face a difficult situa
tion with comparative equanimity and we could reply to
the Deutsche Bank, with the approval of His Majesty's
Government, that, while not averse to participating
equally with the Deutsche Bank in the immediate crea
tion of an Anglo-German-Turkish Company to obs^orb the
steamers of the Brussels Company for the carriage of
railway material and the existing Turkish steamers and
greatly to improve the existing river service, \
keep our own Company separate and distinct, agreeing
at the same time to an arrangement for a poollnr of
freights on the basis of the proportion of the total
that

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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)
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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.

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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.' [‎28r] (60/514), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/271, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100036166449.0x00003d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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