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IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Record Id:
- 040-000340676
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000340300
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100094402631.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/5/790
- Title:
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'Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV'
- Scope & Content:
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence, notes, and maps regarding rail transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the surrounding region after the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Planning, reconnaissance, and surveying for a proposed direct Baghdad-Haifa ('Trans-Arabian') line
- Costs and expenditure
- Transition from military to civil administration.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
The file contains two maps, both showing railway lines in the region (folios 132-133). The file also includes a newspaper cutting of an article on the Baghdad-Basra railway, from The Pioneer Mail, dated 5 December 1919 (folio 92).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000306786
037-000340300
038-000340672
040-000340676 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/5 : Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MIL/5/441-1076 : Military Miscellaneous Series
IOR/L/MIL/5/787-790 : Mesopotamia: Railways and Lines of Communication Policy
IOR/L/MIL/5/790 : Railways and L. of C. [Lines of Communication] Policy Mesopotamia, Vol IV - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 132 : Index Plan Shewing Mesopotamian Railways
IOR/L/MIL/5/790, f 133 : Index Plan Shewing Mesopotamian Railways
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/5/790 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0005]/036-000306786[0007]/037-000340300[0123]/038-000340672[0004]/040-000340676
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (132 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000465.0x0002f0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 4 Oct 1919-9 Dec 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; 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; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)