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IOR/R/15/1/507
- Record Id:
- 040-000227962
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023528808.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/507
- Title:
- File 53/33 II (D 15) Koweit Baghdad Railway
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the construction of a railway line between Koweit [Kuwait] and Baghdad as a part of the German Government's broader effort to construct a railway connecting Berlin to Baghdad. The correspondence discusses the route of the line, German-Turkish [Ottoman] relations, Turkish debt and the sources of funding for the line's construction.
On ff. 20-24, the file contains an extract from the War Office Hand Book on Eastern Turkey in Asia, Volumes III and IV (February 1907) that contains descriptive notes on several towns situated along the Baghdad railway (through modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq).
A report concerning a rail journey from Constantinople [Istanbul] to Eregli written by David Fraser, a correspondent of The Times in November 1907, is contained in the file on ff. 78-80.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000227962 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/507 : File 53/33 II (D 15) Koweit Baghdad Railway - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0037]/040-000227962
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (104 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- 3 Jun 1907-18 Aug 1908
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A pagination sequence ,which labels each page of text, runs between ff. 1c-97; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in either the top left or right corners of the verso and recto sides of each folio respectively.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/33 II
Confidential Series: D 15 - Arrangement:
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1A.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)