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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.' [250r] (504/514)
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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be made good out of the first receipts from the aghnams of the three vilayets in question
of the following year.
Although, according to the provisions of article 3 of the convention of the
20th February, 1318 (5th March. 1903), the plans and designs of the sections to be
built must be submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works within eight
months from the date at which the period of the concession for each section commences,
after the provisions of article 35 relating to the said section have been fulfilled, and
although the plans and designs in question must be examined and approved by the
aforesaid Ministry within three months from the date of their submission, since it
would not be possible to complete the survey within the eight months provided for by
article 3, it has been decided that the plans and designs of the part of the line between
Bulgurlu-Tel Habesh and Aleppo shall be submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and
Public Works within one year from the date of the exchange of the present additional
convention; that the plans and designs of the portion of the line between Tel-Habesh
and El Helif shall be submitted within three years from the same date; that the time
within which the approval of the plans and designs by the aforesaid Ministry must be
given shall be four months; and that the construction of these 840 kilom. of line
shall be completed within eight years from the date of the exchange of the present
additional convention.
The service of the bonds to be issued in accordance with article 35 of the Bagdad
Railway Convention for the construction of the 840 kilom. of line mentioned above
shall be settled by a special convention simultaneously with the present additional
convention.
The present additional convention has, in accordance with the Imperial ^ irade
promulgated by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, been done in duplicate, signed,
and exchanged at Constantinople, the 3rd Jemazi-ul-Ewel, 1326 (20th May, 1324
(2nd June, 1908) ).
Imperial Ottoman Bagdad Railway Company :
ED. HUGUENIN, Delegate Administrator.
CH. HELFFERICH, Administrator.
Seal of the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works,
ZIRNI.
Certified to be a true copy :
The Head of the Translation Department of the Ministry
of Commerce and Public Works,
Boghos.
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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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- 215r:253v
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- Privy Council Office
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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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