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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [21r] (54/216)
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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as I have already informed His Highness the German Ambassador privately, signed
some months ago.
In accordance, however, with the semi-official statement which His Highness
made some time ago, that the German Government would regard it as very con
ciliatory if His Majesty's Government did not publish their agreements with
Turkey pending the conclusion of the Anglo-German agreement, His Majesty's
Government will defer such publication for some weeks, though they desire to lay
papers before Parliament reassembles, and they therefore trust that all the agree
ments may be concluded before December 31st, 1913.
I have to state further that His Majesty's Government are in full agreement
with the German Government as to the importance of complete concordance,
and they are also of opinion that any agreements now under discussion with Djavld
Bey or Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in which the three Powers, Germany, Turkey, and Great
Britain, are interested, should be merely initialled pending direct discussion
between Germany and Great Britain.
In conclusion, I have to add that I hope to furnish you at an early date with
the observations of His Majesty's Government on the German counter-draft,
which you were good enough to communicate to this Department, of the proposed
agreement between the Ottoman Government and the Bagdad Eailway Company.
I have the honour to be.
With high consideration,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant
(for Sir E. GEEY),
EYRE A. CROWE.
Herr von Kuhlmann,
&c., &c., &c.
Translation.
London,
November 14th, 1913.
(52549)
Sir,
I did not fail to communicate at once to the Imperial Government the pro
posals made by you with regard to the declarations to be made by the Bagdad
Railway Company to the Turkish Government. In conformity with my instruc
tions I have to-day communicated to the proper Department in the Foreign Office
a copy of the counter proposals which the Imperial Government desire to put
forward in connexion with these declarations.
As the negotiations relative to the Bagdad Railway between Germany,
England, and Turkey are to form one whole and as it appears highly desirable that
the arrangements incorporated in the different treaties and conventions should
exactly correspond, it seems expedient for the present merely to intial the
agreements with the Turkish Government in order that it may be easier to insert
any necessary alterations in o^der to bring about complete conformity. For this
reason the Imperial Government will for the present only initial the agreements
to be concluded at Berlin with Djavid Bey.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) KUHLMANN.
His Exeellency
Sir E. Grey, Bart..
&c. &c., &c.
seiori)
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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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- 'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention'
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- 8r:9r, 10v, 14v:20r, 21r, 23v
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention'
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- 8r:9r, 14v:17r, 21r, 23v
- Author
- Kühlmann, Richard von
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