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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [‎155r] (320/544)

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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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BAGDAD RAILWAY.
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[December 28.]
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Section 1.
[46571]
No. 1.
Mr. Marling to Sir Edivard Grey.—(Beceived December 28.)
(No. 922. Confidential.)
£>i r > Pera, December 21, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith a copy of a despatch from His
Majesty’s vice-consul at Adana, enclosing a tracing of a map ::: ' of a portion of the
Bagdad Railway from Bozanti to Hamidieh.
Mr. Hope Vere ? of this embassy, who recently visited Adana, saw the section
parallel to the Mersina-Adana Railway from Kazik Buchi to the bridge outside Adana
under construction, and it may be taken that the alternative route marked in green
from Dorak to Adana has been abandoned.
I have reliable information that the Minister of Finance has tried hard to get the
continuation beyond. Missis altered so as to pass by Alexandretta and Aleppo, but that
the military authorities have remained obsessed with the idea that to construct the line
via Alexandretta would expose it to attack by Great Britain, in the event of our being
at war with Turkey. It has therefore been decided to take the line from Missis direct
to Aleppo, probably through Killis.
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’ CHARLES M. MARLING.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Bawlins to Consul-General Eyres.
(No. 63. Confidential.)
Sir, Adana, November 29, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copy of a map* in the possession of the
Bagdad Railway Construction Company, showing the course of the line from Bozanti
to Hamidieh.
I am not able to vouch for the absolute accuracy of this map, but I was able to get
this copy of the original, which was drawn up by one of the superior engineers in the
employ of the company.
It is at about the 300th kilom., at a point called “ Yer Kupri ” I believe, that a
long tunnel of about 6 kilom. will have to be made, but I have heard rumours of a
new survey for certain parts of the line between Bozanti and Yenidge.
Still this map—which I beg may be regarded as confidential, as it was only by
chance thatT was able to obtain it—may, I think, be taken as giving, on the whole, an
accurate idea of the route decided on.
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’ E.’ C. DONALDSON RAWLINS.
[1821 ee—1]
* Not reproduced.
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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.

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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.

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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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