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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [‎216r] (442/544)

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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.
[This Document is the Property of H:
SECRET.
Section 1.
[28558]
No. 1*
(No. 533.)
Si r G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received August 8.)
Avith the German charge d affaires as to the proposal for the abandonment by Germany
of the constr action of the Bagdad—Gulf section of the line, and as to an undertaking on
the part of lurkey to construct the line herself, and that latter, after having submitted
the suggestion to his Government, had informed Rifaat that it was considered that this
might form a basis for negotiation.
His Excellency said that, this being so, he hoped that Great Britain would no
longer place any obstacles in the way of giving her consent to the increase of the
4 per cent, customs duties.
I asked Rifaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. whether he had received this German consent in writing, and
added that I presumed that if this were so he was now in a position to reply to your
despatch to me, Secret, of the 20th April, copy of which I had left with him on the
3rd May last. His Excellency replied that he was not yet in possession of any written
document from the German Government, but that such was obviously necessary He
was considering, however,_ the form in which the agreement should be recorded, the
communication to His Majesty s Government, &c. Until something is committed to
paper, it seems premature to offer any opinion as to whether the pourparlers with the
German charge d’affaires are likely to offer an acceptable solution. Moreover, as I
understood that you were likely to have some conversation with Djavid Bey, the
Turkish ^Finance Minister, during his stay in London, I told Rifaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that I
preferred for the moment to refrain from offering any opinion.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.

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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)
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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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