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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [15r] (38/544)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 1910-1912. 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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it is impracticable to make further extensions in this
direction as no suitable premises are now to be found,
and in a recent report the Bach Mudir states that the
only course available effectively to meet the conges
tion (which has been aggravated by the interruption of
the transit traffic with Persia) is to proceed without
further delay with the construction of new depots.
The building of these new cepots has been delayed,
as Mr. Lorimer points cut, until a decision hud been
taken as to the location of the railway station and
the port to be built by the Bagdad Railway Company.
»*
But the site for these premises has now been definite
ly fixed on the right hank of the river and negotia
tions are in progress for the erection of the new Cus
toms buildings in proximity to this site, provided that
suitable arrangements can be made for the easy trans
port of the goods without breaking bulk from the right
bank to the left bank on which the town of Bagdad is
situated.
I have &c.,
(Signed) R.F. Crawford.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1910-1912.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume is a copy of the Russo-German agreement.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Pagination: a pagination sequence in red crayon is present between ff 244-252.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/58
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:40v, 42r:69v, 71r:114v, 116r:119v, 121r:176v, 178r:192v, 195r:200v, 203r:203v, 207r:256v, 258r:262v, 266r:266v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence