'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway'

Title:

'Memorandum respecting the Bagdad Railway'

Date:

1906/1906

Description:

Abstract: This file is a Foreign Office memorandum concerning the Baghdad railway written by Alwyn Parker,who had negotiated with both the German Government and the Ottoman Empire on this issue and was considered the Foreign Office's specialist on the topic.The memorandum is divided up as follows:1. General Railway development in Asia Minor;2. The Baghdad Railway Convention of 1903;3. The Anglo-German negotiations of 1903;4. The prospects of completion of the line without British co-operation;5. The influence of the railway on British interests.The file contains a map of the rail lines on folio 159 entitled 'Le Chemin De Fer De Bagdad' (The Baghdad Railway).The appendix to the memorandum contains a copy (in French) of the Convention de la Societe Imperiale Ottomane du Chemin de Fer de Bagdad of March, 1903 (folios 160-166), in and on folio 167 a list of official correspondence and publications referenced in the memorandum.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 142, and terminates at f 167, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Baghdad Railway

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001aa_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0001aa_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B153
IOR/L/PS/18/B153

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