'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909'

Title:

'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909'

Contributor:

Mesopotamian Railways Committee (author)

Date:

1910/1910

Description:

A printed confidential memorandum for the use of the Foreign Office. The memorandum addresses the Turkish [Ottoman] increase of custom dues and proposals of a Tigris Valley Railway and a Baghdad-Mediterranean Railway. It also contains updates on negotiations with Germany, Russia and France in 1909. The report quotes fragments from a letter in French, from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador in London. A report of the Mesopotamian Railways Committee is contained in the file's annex.bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f.139, and terminates at f.155, since it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English
French

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Railways

Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001de_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001de_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B172

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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