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'File No. II/8 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Turkish Arabia. Nov '07 --' [‎27r] (53/110)

The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1905-5 Oct 1909. It was written in English. 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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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. .
32. {Vide para. 18, February 1908.)
_ On the 31st December.
Baghdad R«lway. ^ ^ ^ ^ tQ
Sir A. Nicolson that M. Sevastopoulo, of the
Russian Embassy, had called upon Sir C.
Hardinge on the 22nd idem, and, by direction
of the Russian Ambassador, had communicated
to him the substance of a confidential letter
from M. Isvolsky on the subject of the
Baghdad Railway. Its purport was to the
effect that M. Isvolsky had read with interest
the account sent him by Count Benckendorff of
what had passed between the German Emperor
and Sir E. Grey at Windsor, and between Herr
von Schon and Sir E. Grey at the London
Eoreign Office, relating to the railway.
It was stated that great anxiety was felt
in Russia as to the influence which the con
sequences of the building of the line would
have on the actual situation in the Caucasus,
Asia Minor and Persia. It was particularly
in the latter country, where a junction of the
Baghdad railway with the future Persian
railways would imply an extension of German
commercial interests and competition with
existing trade, that alarm for the future
was felt. It was added that although
England and France had preserved their
liberty of action, Russia had not the same
position of absolute freedom, since, at
the beginning of the recent Anglo-Russian
negotiations, M. Isvolsky had given assu
rances to Germany that no action would
be taken which could in any way prejudice
German interests without previous discussion
with the German Government. Views had
consequently been exchanged between
Germany and Russia, with a view to obtaining
from Germany guarantees against the exten
sion of German influence in Persia and to
overcoming the opposition of Russia to the
construction of the railway. From this
exchange of views there had been no results.
The consequence of Sir E Grey’s interviews
mentioned above was that a new situation had
been created, and, as the Russian Government
had fully realised this fact, the question would
be carefully considered in all its bearings.
The Russian Government had appreciated the
manner in which His Majesty’s Government
had frankly communicated to them their views
on the Baghdad Railway, and they would not
fail to acquaint them, as soon as possible, with
the results of the enquiry which was to he
made.
33. On the 28th January, Sir N. O’Conor
The Anatolian Rail- reported to Sir E. Grey
way Company. that a contract had
been signed on the 25th December 1907,
between the Anatolian Railway Company and
the Minister of Public Works authorising the

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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from February 1905 to October 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... regarding external affairs relating to 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 memoranda are dated and despatched from the Foreign Department of the Government of India.

Topics covered in the memoranda include:

  • Baghdad railway
  • Hedjaz railway
  • relations with the Ruler of Najd, Ibn Sa'ud
  • financial situation of the Turkish empire
  • attack on Messrs Lynch and Co's steamer Blosse Lynch
  • development of oil fields near Mosul
  • navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia
  • Yemen affairs
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1 volume (53 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.

Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-53; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.

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