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IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Record Id:
- 040-000544967
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00003b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030541020.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/166
- Title:
- File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the construction of railways in Asiatic Turkey, 1908-1911, as well as oil concessions in Mesopotamia.
Correspondence outlines the proposal to develop a railway from Tripoli via Homs and Deir [Deir ez-Zur] and along the Euphrates to the Persian Gulf, to compete with the Baghdad Railway. The company was designated 'The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli - Homs Railway and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company'.
Correspondence also discusses the different consortia bidding for oil concessions in Mesopotamia and the relative significance of French, Russian and German involvement. Included in the volume is a letter (folios 49 - 153) from William Knox D'Arcy giving a 'List of Turkish concessions connected with oil now being sought'.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and the Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000544967 - 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/10/166 : File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0166]/040-000544967
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00003b
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 1908-1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- P 3047/1909
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3047 (Railways: Asiatic Turkey) consists of 1 volume,
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)