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IOR/L/PS/10/271
- Record Id:
- 040-000545138
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000a4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036165190.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/271
- Title:
- File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of railway material.'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume concerns the navigation of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, and moves by The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as Messrs Lynch) to negotiate an agreement with the Baghdad Railway Company for the transport of railway material up the rivers of Turkish Arabia.
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Board of Trade; and the Secretary of The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company.
The papers cover: contracts and agreements; Russian concern over the proposed agreement; the formation of a joint company to operate river transport on the Euphrates and Tigris; the assertion by Britain of exceptional rights to navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia; and papers concerning the general Baghdad Railway question.
The French language content of the volume consists of contracts, agreements and conventions, with English translations.
The volume contains conventions and agreements that are earlier than the main date range, dated 1903-11.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545138 - 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/10/271 : File 1808/1912 'Bagdad Railway. Navigation of the Tigris & Lynch's Agreement with the Company for the transport of… - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 60 : MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY
IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251 : SKETCH MAP TO SHEW APPROXIMATELY RAILWAYS IN ASIATIC TURKEY
IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 252 : PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/271 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0271]/040-000545138
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (253 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000a4
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1913
- Date Range:
- 27 Mar 1912-15 Apr 1913
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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 between ff 3-254; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- P 1808/1912
- Arrangement:
- The subject 1808 (Bagdad Railway) consists of one volume only. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)