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File 2977/1913 'Baghdad Railway: negotiations with Germany' [‎89r] (186/684)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (337 folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1908-25 Sep 1913. 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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C. J
/
H03EKALL
SUTHERLAND.
August 11th } 19i:
Ely dear Parker
With reference to your letter of 9th I
give
you,, as desired, my remarks on the papers you sent roe.
ihe British draft of Article 2 (d) is worded
db
'follows:
"The construction of the proposed port at Basra
shall he executed in a manner to he mutually agreed
upon, and so that British participation in the undertak
ing shall amount to 50 per cent of the whole".
hut the German draft as submitted is:-
"The construction of the proposed ports at Basra
and Bagdad shall he executed by a separate Ottoman
company wherein British participation shall amount to
not less than 20 per cent of the whole "see covering
note from German Ambassador as to per cent age). ihe
statutes and ’cahiers des charges' of the ports of
Basra and Bagdad company and concession shall oe formed
on the model of the Haidar- Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Port Company (bee
article 2 (d) of British draft)".
The British draft makes no reference to a port at
Baghdad, and I think it is rather clever of the Germans
to have introduced this. As a matter of fact, they know
perfectly well that no "port" is wanted at Baghdad and
no
Lwyn Parker, Esq.,
Foreign Office.
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This volume contains diplomatic correspondence and agreements relating to the completion of sections of the Berlin to Baghdad Railway. In particular, the papers discuss the extension of the railway from Baghdad to Basra, and possibly its extension to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Shatt-al-Arab waterway. A significant portion of the papers relate to the financial arrangements governing the incorporation of the Imperial Baghdad Railway Company, which was also responsible for the governance of the railway and any possible extensions.

However, the majority of the papers express British concerns on German encroachment towards the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and by extension, towards British interests in South Asia. The papers reveal the British strategy of containing German influence by dictating the composition of the railway company's board.

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1 volume (337 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 337; 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 259-337; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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