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IOR/L/PS/10/58
- Record Id:
- 040-000544785
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000365.0x00038f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064827440.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/58
- Title:
- File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1910-1912.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume is a copy of the Russo-German agreement.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000544785 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/58 : File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' - Contains:
- IOR/W/L/PS/10/58 (i) : THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES DELTA SHOWING POSSIBLE LINES OF RAILWAY
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/58 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0058]/040-000544785
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000365.0x00038f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- 1910-1912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Pagination: a pagination sequence in red crayon is present between ff 244-252.
- Former External References:
- P 2764/1904 Pt 3
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)