Baghdad Railway

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The Baghdad Railway was a major early 20th-century rail project intended to link Berlin with the Persian Gulf via Anatolia and Mesopotamia, symbolizing German influence and imperial ambitions in the Ottoman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infrastructure project ⓘ
international railway project ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berlin–Baghdad Railway ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Railway
associatedWith Abdülhamid II ⓘ
Kaiser Wilhelm II ⓘ
Young Turk era ⓘ
causeOf strategic concerns over access to India ⓘ
tensions between Germany and Britain ⓘ
constructionStart 1903 ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
developer German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endPoint Baghdad ⓘ
hasPurpose facilitate trade between Europe and the Middle East ⓘ
link Berlin with the Persian Gulf ⓘ
provide overland route to India and the Persian Gulf ⓘ
strengthen German influence in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
pre–World War I era ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
influenced geopolitics of the Middle East ⓘ
intendedEndPoint Persian Gulf ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
mainContractor Anatolian Railway Company ⓘ
Deutsche Bank ⓘ
opposedBy France ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf German Weltpolitik ⓘ
linked to: Weltpolitik

German imperial policy ⓘ
passesThrough Aleppo ⓘ
Ankara ⓘ
Mosul region ⓘ
linked to: Mosul Vilayet
relatedTo Anatolian Railway ⓘ
Hejaz Railway ⓘ
Middle Eastern oil interests ⓘ
significantEvent Baghdad Railway Convention of 1903 ⓘ
international diplomatic disputes before World War I ⓘ
startPoint Berlin ⓘ
status partially completed before World War I ⓘ
symbolOf German influence in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Great Power rivalry in the Middle East ⓘ
imperial ambitions of the German Empire ⓘ
usedGauge standard gauge ⓘ

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Turkish State Railways → precededBy → Baghdad Railway ⓘ
Anatolian Railway Company → preceded → Baghdad Railway project ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Railway
Anatolian Railway Company → influenced → Baghdad Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Railway
Anatolian Railway Company → partOf → Ottoman railway network ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Railway
Baghdad Railway → alsoKnownAs → Berlin–Baghdad Railway ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Railway