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File 4030/1913 Pt 1 'Baghdad Railway: Negotiations; Navigation of the Tigris and Euphrates' [219r] (241/280)
The record is made up of 1 file (138 folios). It was created in 3 Sep 1913-24 Dec 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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Oc t o be r 22 nb. 1913.
Uy dear riakki Basina:-
1 enclose a copy oi a letter i have just
received from Lord inchcape who, as you fill see, is very
much embarrassed oy the delay in signing his concession
for navigation on the river? . in.ris tad ^upnrabes,
He is placed in a peculiarly difficult position
in his negotiations with r. j^ynch, and 1 fear that
delay may seriously prejudice the prospects oi a settlement
between them.
As all the clauses oi the concession were so
carefully examined oy you and Lord inchcape in tae summer
before the concession was initialled i am at a loss to
understand the delay which has arisen, and i venture to
hope that you will oe so tT 502 * telegraph to your
Government to express the hope that the concession may
now at length oe signed. It is a matter to which i attach
real importance.
fours sincerely,
id) A. Grey.
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This part contains correspondence that relates to a concession that was granted to the shipping magnate, Lord Inchcape (James Lyle Mackay), by the Ottoman Empire for the formation of a company to facilitate the transportation of goods on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for the construction of the Baghdad Railway.
Much of the correspondence relates to negotiations between Lord Inchcape and John Finnis Lynch of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company to ensure that their respective interests did not conflict with one another.
The principal correspondents are Lord Inchcape; the Ottoman representative in negotiations regarding the concession, Ibrahim Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ; the law firm, Slaughter and May; the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey and the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Sir Louis du Pan Mallet. A limited amount of this correspondence is in French.
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- 99r:100v, 102r:102v, 104r:111v, 113r:149v, 151r:159v, 168r:216v, 218r:222v, 224r:224v, 226r:227v, 229r:238v
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