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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [43r] (85/120)
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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No. 2 proposal.—The condition proposed is a valuable one and should be
obtained.
No. 3 proposal—Seems quite satisfactory and should be the means of
excluding any other Power.
No. 4 proposal.—The situation to be desired for Kuwait is one of complete
autonomy under the suzerainty of the Sultan ; and to obviate an opening for
future Turkish interference or aggression, great care should be taken to avoid
any ambiguity in the formula adopted.
No. 5 proposal—Is quite satisfactory.
If we are to agree to the additional 4 % Customs duties in return for these
conditions, I would recommend that we should avail ourselves of this oppor
tunity to obtain at the same time from the Turkish Government their recogni
tion of our right—
(1) to police the waters of the Gulf;
(2) to conduct all quarantine arrangements in the Gulf;
(3) to control (outside the waters controlled by the Turco-British
Riverain Commission) the lighting, buoying and pilotage of the
Gulf,
Telegram P., dated the 21st July 1911.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Vrivate. Baghdad Railway. My private telegram of 16th July. Since
it would form a useful precedent to obtain similar recognition from other
Powers, I venture to attach some importance to the recognition by Turkey of
the three points contained in the last paragraph of my telegram.
I am not sure that at the same time we ought not to insist on the recogni
tion by Turkey of the administrative frontier of Persia west of Mohammerah,
which still remains under dispute, but more important are the three additional
points mentioned in my telegram.
Telegram P., dated the 31st July 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
Private. Baghdad Railway. Your private telegram of the 11th instant.
In the reply of the Foreign Office to the Porte the three points referred to in
your telegram will be inserted. Foreign Office see objections to the question of
the frontier west of Mohammerah being raised.
Telegram P., dated the 17th (received 18tb) August 1911.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
In connection with Baghdad Railway negotiations, the Turkish Government
have asked to see our agreements with Bahrain, Kuwait and the Trucial Chiefs.
As regards Kuwait, apparently the Shaikh should be consulted, but in view of
what is said in memorandum, dated 29th July, it seems difficult to refuse alto
gether or to give only extracts. The Foreign Office, however, are doubtful if
we should divulge part of the Agreement of 1907, providing for annual pay
ment on account of lease of land.
Presumably Colonel Meade's letter, dated 23rd January 1899, should be
included. Of the Bahrain and Trucial Treaties, I propose to omit Aitchison 's
32nd and 46th.
I shall be glad to receive your views as soon as possible.
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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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