'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway'

Title:

'XXII/8 Baghdad Railway'

Contributor:

Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Persian Gulf Political Residency, First Assistant Resident (correspondent)
Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia (correspondent)

Date:

1910/1918

Description:

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include:the visit of engineers to survey German alignment;Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48);the draft Anglo-Turkish Convention on railways in Asia Minor, 1911.The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent at Kuwait, Stuart George Knox; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the First Assistant Resident to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, J H Bill; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.1 volume (97 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 99; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-98; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Railways

Geographic region:

Koweit
Baghdad

Extent:

1 volume (97 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00000a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00000a_en
IOR/R/15/5/63

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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