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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [45r] (89/120)
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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Telegram P., dated the 8th (received 9th) June 1912.
Prom—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy.
Private. Baghdad Railway. Your private telegram of 29th May. On
assumption that 60 per cent.^ cannot be got, the opinion here now inclines to
our standing out altogether, giving Turkey free hand on railway as far as
Basrah and customs increase in return for (1) full settlement of all Gulf and
river questions including Mohammerah, (2) convention precluding differential
rates on the whole Baghdad system, (3) agreement that railway shall not be
continued to Gulf except by arrangement with us, (4) such agreement as
may be necessary or possible to ensure that competition by river shall not be
blocked by Turkish Government in favour of railway. Please telegraph, if
possible, before Tuesday, your views as to this alternative.
Telegram P., No. 115, dated the 10th June 1912.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Private^ Baghdad Railway. Your private telegram of 8th June. I
tully recognise that, by standing out of participation in the railway and
conceding customs increase, we give up our last card; but if we can obtain
what you suggest in exchange, I think it is worth doing so, I will only add
that, rather than that we should make any concession to Turkey in the Gulf,
we would greatly prefer that negotiations should break down.
As regards minor points, to obviate possible future contention as to
whethei Klior Abdulla or other place be on Gulf or not, 1 recommend substi
tuting in (3; words " beyond Basrah " for " to Gulf
Telegram P., dated the 14th (received 15th) May 1912.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
Please telegraph your views on papers regarding Baghdad Railway, &c..
enclosed in Political Secretary's letter No. 17, dated the 26th April In
particular kindly examine specification attached to Baghdad Railway Conven
tion as suggested m joint minute, section 1 (6). Turks will now be addressed
regarding the status of Kuwait in sense of section 2 {d), but, for the present
territorial questions will be reserved. As regards Riverain Commission,
IS aval Commander-in-Chief advises that it should take over all buoyage and
lighting in approach to Shatt-el-Arab, whether in territorial waters or not.
Un the 11th instant I despatched a copy of draft Convention to Resident in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and yourself.
Telegram P., dated the 21st June 1912.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Baghdad Railway. Reference your telegram, dated the 14th Mav 1912
As regards British participation. A 20 or 25 per cent, participation would not
2?/? m 7 0l 7f loss ^ ?^i S e but wouid put us at mercy of entente powers.
M e infinitely prefer, therefore, a 50 percent, participation for ourselves in
trult section leaving remainder for disposal as Turkey may wish. As reffards
tenitonal questions raised in Hirtzeland Parker's joint note of 24.th Aprif our
option 18 given in the correspondence ending with our teleo -ram d'ntprl
13th June 1912. There remain the question of draft Riverain ^Commission
Convention and question of specification attached to Baghdad Railway
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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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