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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [23r] (45/120)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 1913. It was written in English and French. 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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former that the Mohammerah-Khoremabad line is proposed by us, as the only
means of extending and saving our trade in Western Persia.
Secret. In the opinion of the Foreign Office the prospect of our being
able to obtain a controlling share in the Gulf section of the Baghdad Railway
is remote, but nevertheless it may be worth while that we should participate.
Telegram P., dated the 3rd March 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, Lond n,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta.
Baghdad-
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Railway. Please telegraph any observations which
you wish to make on following summary of proposals by Turkish Govern
ment :— Summary begins. Porte proposes that a new joint stock company
should be formed, the capital to be found by the Ottoman Government and
British, German and French capitalists; 40 per cent by the Ottoman Govern
ment, and 20 per cent by each of the others : the cost of construction to be
provided by State bonds which would be issued in London, Berlin, Paris and
Constantinople. Kuwait is mentioned as most suitable for the terminus, but
as terminus must be under the Ottoman Government's direct administration,
and the status of Kuwait presents certain particularities the relations of Kuwait
to the Ottoman Empire must be regularised. Utility of arriving at an under
standing as to respective rights of Britain and TurKey in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is also referred to. Summary ends.
Telegram P., dated the 2nd March 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta.
Private. Kuwait. Your Foreign-Secret telegram of 23rd February. I
am addressing Foreign Office officially, strongly supporting your views. ' But
terms are pretty stilf, and contingency must be faced that rather than accept
them Turks will choose Basrah as terminus. If necessary, would you abate any
of your conditions to avoid this and, if so, which ? Foreign Office express opinion
that it is highly improb ible that we shall in any case secure control ol Gulf
section, but that it may nevertheless be worth while to participate.
Telegram P., No. 84, dated the 7th March 1911.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta,
To—His Majesty 's Secretary of State for India, London.
Trivate. Please refer to your telegram of the 2nd March 1911, re ^ardin"-
Kuwait. In my opinion, it would be far better, rather than that we ^should
accept anything that might weaken our position and that of the Shaikh of
Kuwait, that the terminus of the railway should be at Basrah. Such an
acceptance would have far-reaching consequences iu the Gulf, where it is
absolutely necessary that our predominance should be assured.
The only abatement of our conditions that I can suggest is a 40 per cent
instead of a 60 per cent practicipation in the Gulf section, although this
presents some danger if the interest in the line of the Turks is a nominal 10
per cent; and the German 20 per cent, respectively.
Telegram P., dated the 7th March 1911.
From —His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Your telegram, 3rd March, regarding elfect of extension of Baghdad
Railway to Khanikin. If the Trans-Persia line fails through, we consider that
the Mohammerah-Khoremubad line becomes of primary importance. Our
opinion as to inutility of latter was expressed on the understanding that the
proposed Trans-Persia line would be constructed.
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A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, including the presence of Turkish garrisons, and were chosen and prepared because of the negotiations between the British and Turkish authorities connected to the Baghdad Railway plans.
Part I (folios 2-35) covers various subjects and is organised into eleven chapters, each devoted to a different topic or geographical area, as follows: Chapter I, British interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Extent of Arabian littoral; Chapter II, Extent of Hasa and Katif [Qatif], Claims of the Turks to the whole of Eastern Arabia, Extent to which Turkish claims on the Arabian littoral are recognised by His Majesty's government, Proposed arrangement with the Turkish Government defining their sphere of influence on the Arabian littoral; Chapter III, Turkish occupation of El Bida [Doha], Extent of the Katar [Qatar] Peninsula; Chapter IV, Turkish designs on Katar, Policy of His Majesty's Government; Chapter V, Trucial Chiefs (Pirate Coast); Chapter VI, Maskat [Muscat] and Gwadar; Chapter VII, Kuwait; Chapter VIII, Um Kasr [Umm Qasr], Bubiyan and Warba; Chapter IX, Bahrain, Zakhnuniyeh [Zahnūnīyah] and Mohammerah [Korramshahr]; Chapter X, Proposed British action consequent on Turkish aggression; Chapter XI, Pearl fisheries. There are three appendices containing further correspondence relating to the main text.
Part II (folios 36-60) relates entirely to the Baghdad Railway and the negotiations between the British and Ottoman authorities that the proposal of the railway initiated. The negotiations covered several matters, including: the political statuses of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar; the location of the railway's terminus; the ownership of the railway; and the creation of a commission for the improvement of navigation in the Chatt-el-Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab]. It opens with an introduction of the related issues (folios 37-41) followed by the relative correspondence (folios 42-53). It ends with the draft agreements (folios 53-60) - never ratified - drawn up by the two powers.
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- 1 file (60 folios)
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The document is arranged in two parts. The first part is then divided into chapters, each covering a different topic or geographical location. The correspondence section of the second part is in rough chronological order.
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Condition: folios 59 and 60 have both been torn in two corners, resulting in the loss of some text.
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- Title
- 'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)'
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- 1r:37v, 39r:53r, 60v
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