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'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)' [‎47v] (94/120)

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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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{b) See pa^e 27 of Parker's Memorandum where text of Persian note
is quoted as regards fortifying banks. It is clear that the Porte
in the year 1888 admitted right of Persian Government apart
from self-denying ordinance of 1818 to fortify left bank of Shatt-
el-Arab, but His Majesty's Government advised that this right
flows from fact that the left bank of Shatt-el-Arab belongs to
Government of Persia and does not imply ownership of any part
of waterway, Turkey's rights in which would not be affected by
such fortifications.
(c) Regarding forts at entrance of Karun river, self-denying ordinance
of the year 1848 expressly excepted town of Mohammerab
where such forts already existed.
(4) Evidence regarding liability to Turkish dues is statement in Lord
Canning's despatch No. 239 of 1st November 1844 which is
quoted verbatim on page 19 of Parker's Memorandum. His
Lordship adds that part of annual revenue of Baghdad Pashalie
w T ere derived from such dues.
Telegram P., dated the 7th June 1912.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty^s Secretary of State for India, London (repeated to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire).
Shatt-el-Arab. Eeference your telegram of the 8th ultimo. We have
considered Foreign Office Memorandum; and* the views of the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. expressed in his telegram of 5th May; in bis
letter and enclosure of 21st May and in his two telegrams of 23rd May, all of
which were sent to London direct by Sir P. Cox. We concur generally in
arguments set forth by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in respect of both the Moham-
merah boundary and the rights in Shatt-el-Arab. As regards the former, it
appears from Sir G. Lowther's telegram to Foreign Office, London, No. 152,
dated 7th May, that Turkey merely wishes to keep Mohammerah claim for
purposes of bargaining elsewhere. We consider that this claim should be
contested on its merits and strongly deprecate in Indian interests any conces
sion in Gulf as compensation of admission by Turkey of status quo at Moham-
merah.
As regards lighting and buoyage in approach of Shatt-el-Arab {see your
telegram of the 14th ultimo). We will send a reply later in connection w T ith
Baghdad Railway.
Your telegram of 1st June, which was apparently sent before receipt of
Cox's letter JSo. M. 85, dated 21st May, sent direct to Hirtzel. We have-
nothing to add to Note VI appended to Sir P. Cox's letter which deals with
the points raised in your telegram.
Telegram P., dated the 10th (received 11th) June 1912.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
Negotiations relative to the Baghdad Railway. Please consider what
concessions to Turkey in territories on Gulf littoral you would be prepared to
make should such prove necessary to save negotiations on the basis of memo
randum to Turkish Government, dated 29th July 1911, Turkish reply and
Jirtzel's and Parker's joint minute. I have told Foreign Office that our condi
tions as to Katar were drafted as statement of necessary minimum and did
not include stipulations to be waived by w r ay of concession in course of nego
tiation. It is clear j in the event of negotiations breaking down, that His
Majesty's Government must be provided with a definite alternate policy to
meet the situation.

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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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