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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [45v] (90/120)
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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As regards the latter, we sliall reply shortly. As regards the former, the
Political "Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has sent you his views in his telegrams
of the 29th May and 4th June 1912. We concur generally subject to such
modification as may be necessary in the event of our standing out of particip
ation in Baghdad-Basrah Section.
As regards the control of pilotage, however, by Commission—Article 6 (f).
We do not share Cox's objections. But we agree with him that the policing
of the river [Article 6 (rf) ] should be left as at present to local authorities
and that quarantine [Article 6 {e) ] should be excluded.
As regards the control of the approach to Shatt-el-Arab, we consider it
essential to obviate Turkish claims to lighting and buoyage in Gulf itself that
limit of this control should be very exactly defined. Further, an article might
be added empowering the British member to correspond freely with His
Majesty's Government as suggested in paragraph 2 {e) of Hirtzel and Parker's
joint note.
Telegram P., dated the 5th July 1912.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty^s Secretary of State for India, London.
Examination of specification attached to Baghdad Railway Convention.
Kefercnce your telegram l-ith May 1912 and my telegram 21st June 1912.
We are of opinion that the rate tariff proposed will not prejudice Indian
trade subject to the following conditions:—
(a) That the total charges levied for the carriage of any article for any
particular distance in the direction of Basrah and booked from
Konia and via and from any port in the Mediterranean served by
the Baghdad Railway shall not be less than the total charges
levied for the same article and for the same particular distance
booked from Basrah and via in the direction of Konia.
(ft) That a month's notice be required both for reducing a rate and for
increasing it as the power to reduce rates on three days' notice
may lead to manipulation of rates as against Basrah.
Telegram P., dated the 6th (received 7th) April 1912.
From His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy.
Navigation of Shatt-el-Arab. Under the treaty of Erzeroum, Porte claims
whole of Shatt-el-Arab channel, but question has been raised, apart from Shatt-
el-Arab. as to where three-mile limit should be reckoned from, for examplej.
whether from low water mark on mainland or from banks which are said to
form continuation of mainland. Please let me know your views. If ynu
could send as quickly as possible chart showing exactly what you would
recognise as territorial waters, it would be convenient.
Telegram P., dated the 10th (received 11th) April 1912.
From His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy.
Please refer to your telegram of the 4th ultimo (instant ? )regarding the
navigation of the Shatt-el-Arab. The claim of Turkey to control the entire
river, while guaranteeing free access to Mohammerah, is founded on the treaty
of Erzeroum^and the explanatory note. Unless, therefore, the interpretation
upon which these claims are based can be got rid of, arguments based on
practical inconvenience that will follow its admission are irrelevant, please
telegraph any views you may have regarding interpretation.
But inconvenience cannot of course be overlooked. U nfortunately, as you
are aware, the whole of the Turco-Persian Frontier question including Moham
merah is under discussion at Constantinople. The question may be referred to
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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
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