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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [197r] (404/544)
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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[Tixis Document is tlie
Property of His Britannic
BAGDAD BAIL WAT.
.
SECBET.
[September 19.]
Section 1.
[33845]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 19.)
(No. 648.)
Sit, Constantinople, September 13, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty’s vice-consul
at Adana, reporting on the progress of construction of the Bagdad Railway.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Rawlins to Consul-General Eyres.
Sir, Adana, September 4, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to report that the construction of the Bagdad Railway is being
pushed slowly on. From Yenidge, where the Bagdad line joins the Mersina-Adana
Railway, there is a continual trail of workmen right up to Adana, and long stretches of
permanent way have already been made.
Near to Adana the rails are already down, and locomotives run hauling trucks, &c.,
towards the spot where the new Adana station is to be built. As I have had the honour
to state [in a previous despatch, the company have been greatly hampered by lack
of and strike among the labourers on the line. Lately 500 workmen have been brought
over from Cyprus, 250 from Rhodes, and 250 from Constantinople. Those from Cyprus
have been brought over by Mr. Christian, whom I have already mentioned as having
taken over a stretch of 10 kilom. of construction work. The house which I am
leaving in Adana has been taken over by the Bagdad Company at a high rental, and I
have heard that the company has rented a new batch of eight houses for its own
purposes, whose total yearly rental comes to £ T. 810.
L have (&c
’ E.’ C. DONALDSON RAWLINS.
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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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- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.'
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- 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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