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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [40v] (80/120)
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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attached much importance as pointed out by the Government of India,
was in effective Turkish occupation. Finally the British line was accepted
with the proviso, which His Majesty's Government consider pro forma in
the light of clear evidence in favour of the British view, that if the territory
in question is found by the Commissioners who will delimitate on the ground
to have been in effective Turkish occupation on 1st January 1913, the line
shall be rectified accordingly.
9. The draft Conventions, as initialled ad referendum, are attached
together with the correspondence referred to in this precis.
10, It will be seen that the negotiations have resulted in our obtaining
practically all that we have asked for in regard to Kuwait, and the Shatt-el-
Arab, together with satisfactory safeguards in the matter of representation
on the Baghdad-Basrah railway line, and a predominant voice in respect to any
future extension of that line to the Gulf.
In regard to matters in which we are interested in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
itself,
the results of the negotiations can best be appreciated by a perusal of the
statement below in which they are compared with the desiderata set forth in
Sir H. McMahon's note of 28th June 1911.
I.—P ersian Gulf.
JPolicy of the Government of India.
(a) Kenunciation by Turkey of all
claim to supremacy over any point
on the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
south of Ojeir, and to the islands of
Bahrain, Muharruq, Zaknuniyeh or
adjacent islands.
(i) The recognition of the prescrip
tive right of His Majesty's Govern
ment to police the Gulf and to pursue
disturbers of the maritime peace
even into Turkish territorial waters.
(<?) The recognition of the prescrip
tive right of His Majesty's Govern
ment in regard to the lighting, buoy
ing and pilotage of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and approaches of the Shatt-el-Arab.
(d) The recognition of the prescrip
tive right of His Majesty's Govern
ment to conduct all quarantine
arrangements in the Gulf.
Results of negotiations.
(a) In exchange for complete renun
ciation of Turkish claims to Bahrain
and its islands and Katar, the island
of Zaknuniyeh (for which Turkey will
pay the Shaikh of Bahrain £1,000), and
a small strip of coast just South of Ojeir
is to be given to Turkey. The British
Government undertakes not to annex
Bahrain, the independence of which is
recognised by Turkey.
(I/) The Ottoman Government agrees
not to interfere with the rights which
the British Government have exercised
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, outside Turkish
territorial waters, in connection with
police maritime.
(c) Agreed to by the Ottoman Gov
ernment in terms similar to above. The
approaches of the Shatt-el-Arab will be
under the control of the Eiverain
Commission,
(d) Agreed to by the Ottoman Gov
ernment in terms similar to (6) above.
II.—B ahrain.
(e) Announcement of British
protectorate over Bahrain and
publication of the Protectorate Order
in Council (under consideration, July
1911).
(/) Recognition of British
Consular protection for Bahrainis in
Turkey.
(e) His Majesty's Government have
agreed not to annex Bahrain. This
condition would not apparently preclude
the declaration of a Protectorate when
ever the British Government consider it
desirable seeing that the Ottoman
Government has renounced all claims
on the island.
(/) The Ottoman Government agrees,
provided Bahrainis do not enjoy
privileges conferred on certain Powers
by the capitulations,
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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