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181. IOR/L/PS/18/B172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B172
Title:
Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway, 1909
Scope & Content:
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 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jan 1910
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (17 folios)

182. IOR/L/PS/18/B214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B214
Title:
‘Report of the Mesopotamian Railways Committee.’
Scope & Content:
Foreign Office report, marked Secret and dated 24 July 1909, authored by R P Maxwell, R Ritchie, George J Stanley, W Tyrrell, Percy Ashley and R C Lindsay of the Mesopotamia Railways Committee. The report concerns the options being considered by Government for the concession of the Bagdad [Baghd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1909
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

183. IOR/L/PS/18/B285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B285
Title:
The Baghdad Railway Negotiations
Scope & Content:
This printed memorandum is a copy of an article reprinted for private circulation from the The Quarterly Review of October 1917 concerning the Baghdad Railway negotiations. The purpose of the article is to trace the development of railway interests in Turkey and seek to focus the situation in wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1917
Extent:

16 folios, including 1 map

184. IOR/L/PS/18/B314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B314
Title:
Railway Policy in relation to General Military Policy in the Middle East
Scope & Content:
This printed report by the General Staff, War Office, concerns Great Britain's railway policy in relation to general military policy in the Middle East, covering projects in Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Syria and Palestine. There are also details concerning the question of track gauge and general ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

185. IOR/L/PS/18/B381/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B381/2
Title:
No. 1. Convention concernant les Chemins de fer en Turquie d'Asie.
Scope & Content:
This item consists of an agreement drawn up by the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and A P (on behalf of the King), to avoid future disputes regarding the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey. The main body of the document is in French.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Aug 1913
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

186. IOR/L/PS/18/C122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C122
Title:
'Memorandum on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines the development of proposals for railways in Persia between 1872 and 1911. This includes discussion of the potential advantages/disadvantages (both commercial and political) for the British in the construction of railways in Southern Persia, and the potential threat posed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Jun 1911
Extent:

1 file (42 folios)

187. IOR/L/PS/18/C124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C124
Title:
'Note on Persian Railways'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum provides a brief history of proposals for the development of railways in Persia divided into three periods: 1872-1890: a period of Anglo-Russian rivalry; 1890-1907: the period following the Russian Railway Agreement (1890), which prohibited the construction of railways in Persia; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1911
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

188. IOR/L/PS/18/C128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C128
Title:
'Trans-Persian Railway'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether or not the British Government should support the development of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe to India. To this end it examines the potential benefits, and who (Britain, Germany, Persia, or Russia) stands to gain/lose the most from the project; it looks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1913
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

189. IOR/L/PS/18/C130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C130
Title:
Trans-Persian Railway: Minute by the Marquess of Crewe
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of short minute by Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (Marquess of Crewe and Secretary of State for India), which argues against the construction of a Trans-Persian Railway linking Europe and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

190. IOR/L/PS/18/C131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C131
Title:
Memorandum by Mr. Parker respecting Railway Construction in Persia
Scope & Content:
The memorandum considers whether British participation in the proposed Trans-Persian Railway would be in Britain's interests. To this end it considers possible advantages/disadvantages to British trade, finance, and her strategic/political interests. The appendix (folio 32) contains an extract ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Jan 1913
Extent:

1 file (5 folios)

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