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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [247r] (501/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. 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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Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received August 19).
(No. 691.)
Sir,
Constantinople, August 14,
1912.
With reference to Sir G. Lowther^s despatch No. 532 of the 22nd June last,
respecting the difficulties experienced by the Baghdad Railway Company in connec
tion with land purchase for their depot at Basrah, I have the honour to report that
I learn from Mr. Consul Crow that he has heard from the German Consul that the
question of the registration of their land has now been settled, and that it will
be registered in the name of an Ottoman subject who is employed as an engineer
by the company. As regards the river frontage, a small portion of it has been re
served by the local authorities to their own use, but the company are to have the
use of the remainder.
I have received your despatch No. 691 of the 14th instant reporting the
completion of the purchase of land, including river frontage, by the Baghdad Rail
way Company at Basrah or Maghil.
I am not sure from the terms of your despatch whether the purchase in ques
tion is at Maghil or at Basrah, and whether, as the result of the purchase, the
Baghdad Railway Company have become possessed of the whole river frontage at
Basrah, including the port, " with the exception of a small portion of it reserved
by the local authorities to their own use, the company to have the use of the re
mainder. "
I should be glad to receive precise information on this point, and I have to
request you to instruct Mr. Crow to furnish a plan of Basrah and Baghdad, show
ing the precise location and extent of the purchase in question.
I should also be glad to know whether the freehold has been acquired in per
petuity, or whether the land is held on lease, and if so on what terms.
I have, etc.,
CHARLES M. MARLING.
of the Chief of f su—^ v
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for t,™
(Received on the 23rd September 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 36 dated
the 6th September 1912.)
[B.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[August 26.]
Section 2.
[34855]
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling.
(No. 393).
Sir,
Foreign Office, August 26,1912.
I am, etc.,
E. GREY.
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: 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, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, 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. , and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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