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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [42v] (84/120)
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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11
If in the near future the project of the Trans-Persian Railway were likely
to be realised, the Mohammerah-Khoremabad line would lose much of its
importance as a counterpoise, but the necessity for the Mohammerah-Khor
Musa-Shiraz line would proportionately increase. It is therefore important
to secure, as soon as possible, the option we have asked for the Khoremabnd
line with port at Khor Musa and branch line to Mohammerah. We may
hereafter be compensated for what we may now lose by new situation in regard
to Basrah and Shatt-el-Arab by the possession of a port at Khor Musa under
our control, which would strengthen our position in the Gulf.
Telegram P., dated the 13tli (received 15th) July 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
Private. Baghdad Railway. Please refer to your private telegram of
29th April. The proposals have now been entirely recast; the following are
the most important:—(1) An International Company to be formed, comprising
Turkey, Germany, France, Hussia and England, each with 20 per cent. (2)
The terminus to be at Basrah, but in event of railway being ever extended to
the Gulf, it must be brought to Kuwait under conditions to bo settled between
ourselves and Turkey. (3) A Turco-British Riverain Commission consisting of
two members with engineer mutually agreed upon, to superintend navigation
and surveys of Sbatt-el-Arab. (4) Kuwait to be recognised as enclave within
and forming part of the Turkish Empire with ownership of Bubiyan and
Warba. Turkish interference with internal administration of Kuwait
excluded. (5) Turkey to renounce definitely claims to Bahrain, the adjacent
islands and the Katar peninsula,
I shall be glad if you will telegraph your views with least possible delay.
Telegram P., dated the 14'th July 1911.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Trivate. Baghdad Railway. Your private telegram of yesterday.
I presume paragraph I does not apply to the internationalisation of the
whole Baghdad Railway, but only to the Baghdad-Gulf section ?
Telegram P,, dated the 14th (received 15th) July 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—Hi84£xcellency the Viceroy, Simla,
Private. Baghdad Railway. The presumption in your private telegram
of the 14th July is correct.
Telegram P., dated the 16th July 1911,
From—His Excellency the Vicer6y, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Private. Please see your private telegram of the 13th July regarding
Baghdad Railway.
On the whole the proposals seem satisfactory and a great advance on those
hitherto made. Our views are as follows;—
No. 1 proposal.—On the understanding that proposals Nos. 2, 3, ^ and 5
are granted in full, this proposal may be accepted.
It would then be desirable to arrive at an agreement with France and
Russia to support British interests in the Gulf section in return for our support
in any other section in which they may respectively be interested. The
control that we desire might be obtained in the manner indicated above.
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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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