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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎23v] (59/216)

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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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I should be glad to learn what action you have taken and whether you expect
to obtain the desired assurances shortly. I am anxious to settle this matter, upon
which negotiations with Turkey and other Powers depend, without further delay.
(Repeated to Constantinople, No. 527.)
{Received on the 15th December 1913, with Political Secretary s letter No. 48, dated the
28th November 1913.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [November 19].
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2.
[52549] No. 1. ,
Herr von Kuhlmann to Sir Edward Grey.—[Received I\ ovember 19).
(Translation.)
London November 14,1913.
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 Baghdad
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-porposals which the Imperial Government desire to put for
ward in connection with these declarations.
As the negotiations relative to the Baghdad 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 initial the agreements
with the Turkish Government in order that it may be easier to insert any necessary
alterations in order to bring about complete conformity. For this reason the
Imperial Government will, for the present, only initial the agreements to be con
cluded at Berlin with Djavid Bey.
I have, etc.,
KUHLMANN.
{Received on the 15th December 1913, with Political Secretary's letter No. 48, dated
the 28th November 1913.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [November 25].
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[53422] No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to German Charge d'Afjaires.
Sir E. Grey presents his compliments to the German Charge d'Affaires, and,
with reference to the draft, communicated by Herr von Kuhlmann on the 14th
November, of the proposed agreement between the Baghdad Railway Company and
the Ottoman Government, has the honour to transmit the accompanying counter-
draft, which, in so far as British interests are concerned, appears to His Majesty's
Government to meet the requirements of the situation.
A sentence has been added to article 1 so as to bring that article into accord
with the corresponding stipulation in the Anglo-German draft.
No changes are made in articles 2 and 3.
Article 4, as drawn in the German draft, is impossible of being carried into
execution. In the first place, a vessel drawing 24 feet would require a depth of

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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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