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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎7r] (26/216)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (104 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1914-16 Jul 1919. 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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[Received on the 24tJi November 1913, ivith Political Secretary s letter, No. 45, dated the
7th November 1913.
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ABAEIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
["Ocotber 24.]
Section 1.
[48352]
No. I.
Sir H. Babington Smith to Sir E. Crowe.
50, Cornhill, London, October 23, 1913.
D ear S ir E yre,
I lir.ve to thank you for your letter of the 6th October, communicating to me,
in confidence, an extract from the agreement initialled on the 11th September,
between M. Pichon and Djavid Bey, with reference to the ports of Samsoun and
Trebizonde.
It may be convenient that I should inform you of the present position of this
As I stated in my letter of the 10th June, the period for the consideration and
settlement of the plans was extended. The new date fixed for the completion of such
consideration was the 16th (29th) August, 1913, from which date the period of two
months for the option would run.
In fact, however, the examination and discussion of the plans was not completed
by that date ; and, up to the present time, the Ministry of Public A\ orks, which had
suggested certain modifications, has not arrived at any decision as to the exact form
which the schemes should assume. We have naturally represented that, until a
decision is arrived at by the Government, it is impossible to consider whether we
should exercise our option; and that the period of two months for the option should
run from the date when the plans are finally settled. This is clearly the intention of
article 4 of the preliminary contract.
We found, however, considerable reluctance on the part of the Ministry of
Public Works to admit this point of view; and we have some reason to think that
influences are at work behind the scenes with the object of making our concession
The present position is that the Minister of Public Works has asked that engin
eers mav be sent to Constantinople to discuss the modifications of the plans, and has
undertaken verbally that if this is done at once they will agree that the period of
ontion runs for two months from the final settlement of the plans. _ We have replied
thatSirJohn Jackson's engineers will start on^ Sunday, the 26th mstant; but that,
as the 29th October is the date by which, according to the contention of the Ministry,
the ontion must be exercised, we must have a written communication, before the
engineers start, in the sense of the Minister's verbal assurances. We are awaiting a
reply to a telegram to this efiect, which was despatched on the 21st instant.
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, maps, and newspaper cuttings relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Lionel Haworth, British Consul for Arabistan, Percy Cox, 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. at Bushire (later Stuart Knox as acting 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. ), the Government of India, Henry Babington Smith, President of the National Bank of Turkey, Louis Mallet, British Ambassador to Turkey, the British Consulate at Adana, Hugh O'Beirne, Counsellor to the British Embassy in Russia, Richard von Kühlmann, Councillor of the German Embassy in London, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the 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. , the Board of Trade, William Grey, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the British Consulate at Basra, Arnold Wilson, Civil Commissioner in Iraq, and Ibn Sa‘ud, ruler of Najd and its dependencies. Some of the correspondence comes as enclosures.

The documents relate to the latter stages of negotiations and partly consist of drafts and counter-drafts of the eventual agreement, which was never ratified because of the outbreak of the First World War. They also reflect Britain's involvement in the agreement between the Ottoman Turks and the Baghdad Railway Company. Also covered is a discussion about what to do in case of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait's sudden death and territorial claims made by Ibn Sa‘ud on what may be Kuwaiti land.

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1 volume (104 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1c) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbering refers to the folio.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers positioning in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. One document (folios 7-34) is an extract from a printed item that has its own internal pagination system, running from 125-179, before continuing from 180-205 (folios 38-50). The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 52a, 59a. There is one foldout in the volume, at folio 2.

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