Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

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2	Personal: Newspaper cuttings
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4	Personal: Lady Lloyd and additional material
5	Personal: David Lloyd
6	Eastern affairs: Turkish telegrams
7	Eastern affairs: Constantinople
8	Eastern affairs: Cockerell correspondence
9	Eastern affairs: War
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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	Eastern affairs: Constantinople
Reference	GLLD 7
Covering Dates	1905–1912
Extent and Medium	4 boxes [15 files]

Content and context

Reports and correspondence.

Index Terms

Churchill/GLLD 7 contains:

'Persian and Turkish correspondence'. Letters to Lloyd,, mostly from friends in the Middle East concerning affairs in that region. Also includes one letter by Lloyd. From correspondents including: Valentine Chirol; G. H. Fitzmaurice, from locations including Therapia [Turkey], Pera [now Beyoglu, Turkey], and Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]; Sir Percy Loraine, from locations including Tehran [Iran]; Aubrey Herbert, from locations including Baghdad [Iraq], and Pat Ramsay, including from a tour of India. Also includes letters from Arthur Wilson Fox at the Board of Trade, on the appointment of Lloyd to conduct a commercial mission in the Mesopotamian region. Correspondence includes references to Gertrude Bell.
1 file.

1906–1908

'Persian and Turkish correspondence'. Letters to Lloyd, mostly from friends in the Middle East concerning affairs in that region. From correspondents including: W. B. Heard in Moush and Bitlis [Turkey]; Major John and Mrs Ramsay in Baghdad [Iraq]; Sir Percy Loraine in Gulhak and Tehran [Iran]; F. E. Crow in Basra [Iraq]; G. H. Fitzmaurice in locations including Pera [now Beyoglu, Turkey], and K. M. Thomas, Lloyd's dragoman. Includes correspondence concerning the Church Missionary Society's hospital in Mosul [Iraq]. Also includes copy of rules of Therapia Polo Club, and programme for its August 1906 gymkhana.
1 file.

Aug 1907-Dec 1907

'Persian and Turkish correspondence'. Mostly letters to Lloyd from friends in the Middle East concerning affairs in that region. From correspondents including: Sir Percy Loraine in Tehran [Iran]; G. H. Fitzmaurice in locations including Pera [now Beyoglu, Turkey] and Therapia [Turkey]; Pat Ramsay in Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]; K. M. Thomas, Lloyd's British dragoman; W. B. Heard in Diarbekir [Diyarbakir, Turkey]; Major John Ramsay in Baghdad [Iraq]; Gertrude Bell in Daile concerning an archaeological dig; Ernest Weakley in Beirut, and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. Includes unsigned letter to Valentine Chirol marked 'very private', written in Gulhek [Iran] and concerning the Shah of Persia's coup. Also includes some letters from Lloyd, including to Mrs Ridley, notes for speech by Lloyd to Balkan Committee on the revolutionary rising in Turkey [23 July 1908], and notes of interviews: with Izzat Pasha [27 Aug 1908]; with the Rahmi Bey and Salonian Committee [30 Sept 1908], and with Moutram Pasha concerning the Syrian Independence Movement [Dec 1908]. Includes some newspaper cartoons with captions in Arabic.
1 file.

1908

'Persian and Turkish correspondence'. Mostly letters to Lloyd from correspondents in the Middle East. Including: R. M. Graves at the Consulate in Alexandria [Egypt]; Percy Cox, Consul-General in Bushire [Bushehr]; G. H. Fitzmaurice in in Pera [now Beyoglu, Turkey], Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey], and Therapia [Turkey]; F. E. Crow in Basra [Iraq]; Gertrude Bell in Aleppo [Syria], Samarra [Iraq], and Diarbekir [Diyarbakir, Turkey]; Pat [Ramsay] in Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]; W. B. Heard in Beirut [Lebanon]; Aubrey Herbert in Pera and Salonika [now Thessaloniki, Greece], and H. E. Wilkie Young in Beirut. Also includes letter from Lloyd to Percy Cox and letters from Lloyd to Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith concerning remuneration for his work. Also includes unsigned copy of letter to Lord Lamington concerning Mesopotamia [22 Dec 1909 from 8 Pont Street] and copy of letter from T. D. Cree in Baghdad [Iraq] to the editor of 'Truth' [17 Feb 1910].
1 file.

1909–1910

Diary of two journeys. Diary of journey from Baghdad [Iraq] to Karbala [Iraq] and from Baghdad to the Black Sea.
1 file.

Apr 1907-June 1907

Reports and papers about Hejaz Railway. Including account of journey along the Hejaz Railway, with descriptions of places, people, and events en route and on the return journey, including meeting with Gertrude Bell (last pages missing). Also includes report by Otto von Kapp Kohlstein; report by Lloyd on German influence on the railway; history of the construction of the railway by Auler Pasha; report of the High Committee of the Hamidie Hedjaz Railway to Izzet Pasha, with lists of accounts and expenses; report for the British Government by Lloyd on the railway and its importance and influence on Arabian politics.
1 file.

1906–1908

Reports and papers about Hindiye [Hindiya] Barrage, Iraq. Including: correspondence between Lloyd and Sir William Willcocks; letters from Lloyd to the Chairman of the Commercial Intelligence Committee, and copies of minutes, telegrams, and correspondence between third parties concerning the Barrage and Lloyd's work, including Sir Edward Grey and Sir Nicholas O'Conor.
1 file.

1907–1908

Reports and papers about Mahsoussa Steam Navigation Company. Including letters to Lloyd, and copies of letters and telegrams from Lloyd to officials including Sir Edward Grey, Sir Nicholas O'Conor, and the Chairman of the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, from locations including Basra [Iraq], Baghdad [Iraq], and Trebizond [Trabzon, Turkey]. Also includes letter from Lloyd to Arthur Wilson Fox concerning Colonel Newmarch, Consul General at Baghdad, and copy of memorandum on the reorganisation of the Mahsoussa Steam Navigation Company.
1 file.

1907–1911

Papers on the consular service. Papers and correspondence. Including papers on aspects of the consular service, such as suggestions to improve its efficiency, and correspondence on specific aspects of Lloyd's commercial mission to Mesopotamia. Includes report by Major John Ramsay, Consul General in Baghdad [Iraq], to Sir Gerard Lowther, Ambassador at Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]: 'A suggestion to improve the potential power of the Consular Service in Turkey as an agency for pushing British Trade'.
1 file.

1907–1908

'Report upon the Conditions and Prospects of British Trade in Mesopotamia' by George Lloyd. 249-page printed report for the Board of Trade, Commercial Intelligence Committee.
1 file.

1908

Decyphered telegrams. Telegrams to and from GL, including communications with the Board of Trade. With correspondents including Arthur Wilson Fox, Sir Edward Grey and Sir Nicholas O'Conor. Also includes newscutting, and letter from Lloyd to Sir Nicholas O'Conor, from Mosul [Iraq], concerning appointment of consular agent there.
1 file.

1907

Miscellaneous papers and letters. Correspondence, telegrams, and newscuttings concerning Lloyd's commercial mission. Includes: letter of appointment and letter accepting his resignation; copies of official telegrams; letters concerning arrangements for journeys; correspondence concerning German involvement in the area, including on the possible establishment of a German bank in Baghdad [Iraq]; notes concerning increased number of Muslim refugees from the Caucaus and southern Russia into the Ottoman Empire; financial statistics, including on the Turkish budget. Also includes copy of notes by H. E. Wilkie Young to Sir Nicholas O'Conor on facilities for British commercial penetration in parts of Asiatic Turkey.
1 file.

1905–1908

'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905', by A. H. Gleadowe-Newcomen, President of the Commercial Mission to Persia. 156-page printed report for the Government of India, and the Committees of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, and the Indian Tea Cess, Calcutta. Lloyd's copy, with some annotations by him.
1 file.

1906

Correspondence and reports on local shipping. Correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, particularly concerning the conflict of British and German interests. With correspondents including Frank Strick, Sir Edward Grey, Lewis Mallet, and Arthur Wilson Fox. Also includes copy of letter from English shipowners to the Tariff Commission concerning Baghdad freights, and notes by Lloyd accompanied by Basra and Baghdad trade figures.
1 file.

1906–1908

Correspondence about Mosul Medical Mission [Iraq]. Letter to Lloyd from Major John Ramsay, Consul-General at Baghdad [Iraq], enclosing copies of letters sent by him to the Foreign Office and the Church Missionary Society; correspondence between Lloyd and C. B. Durrant [Secretary of the Church Missionary Society]; letter from Lloyd to Mr Maxwell at the Foreign Office, enclosing copy of letter from A. Hume Griffith.
1 file.

1907–1912