'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
IOR/R/15/1/614
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The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913. It was written in English, French and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in London, Louis Mallet, Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Trevor, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, Shaikh Abdalla bin Jasim bin Thani [[Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], Chief of Katar [Qatar], the Government of India, Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bi], ruler of Mohammerah, Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, and the Foreign Office, in London.
The file contains drafts and counter-drafts of an agreement to be eventually signed by the British and the Ottoman Turks. Included is correspondence relating to Percy Cox's attempts to obtain Sheikh Khaz‘al's and Sheikh Mubarak's agreement to the draft agreement, and to concern over the status of Qatar, including the presence of the Turkish Garrison there.
Folio 27 is a list of the sons of Sheikh Jasim, the late ruler of Qatar.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. There is an earlier foliation system that runs through the file, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, as well as the top-left corner of any verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages bearing written or printed matter.The following anomalies occur: 1a, 11a.The following folios are foldouts: 19, 20, 26, 38, 42a.
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- English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/R/15/1/614
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- A Series: 73/7 IV Confidential Series: D 25
- Date(s)
- 3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Emir of MohammerahPolitical Agent, BahrainEmir of KuwaitEmir of Qatar
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- IOR/R/15/1/614
- Title
- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- 6r:8r, 13r:15v, 16r:17v
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- 9r:10v, 15v:16r, 21v
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- Government of the Ottoman Empire xx Sublime Porte
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- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- 19r:20v, 38r:38v
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- Harrison and Sons Ltd
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- IOR/R/15/1/614
- Title
- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- 21r
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- Ahmet Tevfik Paşa xx Ahmet Tevfik Okday
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 8v, 11r:11v, 11ar:11av, 12r:12v, 18r:18v, 22r:26r, 26r:26v, 26v:37v, 39r:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:44r, back-i, back
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