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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [28v] (69/216)
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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168
As regards the second alteration of wording suggested in this clause, His
Majesty's Government are prepared to adopt it subject to the insertion of the word
" either " after " railway undertakings and provided a satisfactory settlement
respecting the oil concessions in Mosul and Baghdad is reached, as they trust may
be the case, before the signature of this Convention.
His Majesty's Government do not consider that there is any parallel in fact
between German participation in the River Navigation Company and British parti
cipation in the ports of Baghdad and Basra : if it is desired to establish a parallel
it should be sought, due regard being had to the relative magnitude of the two
concerns, between German representation in the River Navigation Company and
British representation in the Baghdad Railway Company, which, under the
convention of 1903, include concessions for the ports of Baghdad and Basra.
His Majesty's Government could in no case agree to the wording of article 4,
clause (6) of the German counter-draft of the 18th September, any more than they
could to that of article 2, clause [d] of the same document : they consider it abso
lutely indispensable that British participation in the ports should be fixed in
precise terms in the convention itself at 40 per cent, of the whole, and that German
participation in the navigation should be expressly limited in the convention
itself to a stated maximum; they are further of opinion that the real facts of the
agreement would have to be revealed eventually inParhament, and that no obj^it
would therefore be gained by their temporary obscuration. If, however, the
German Government are anxious to maintain a spectacular parallel, perhaps
the wording of article 4, clause (h) of the counter-draft now enclosed might seive
the purpose in view. In agreeing not to oppose German participation, to the extent
indicated, in the River Navigation Company, His Majesty's Government take
formal note of the assurances contained in the German Ambassador's com
munication of the 16th July 1913, to the effect that the German Government does
not aim at any combination which could endanger effective British control of the
navigation, and that the German Government would therefore be prepared to
receive favourably any proposals about voting arrangements which would seem to
His Majesty's Government desirable in order to assure the effective British control
of the River Navigation Company.
It will be observed that clause (c) (i) of article 4 has been amended in form,
and that the time limit of five years is re-inserted. His Majesty's Government
attach cardinal importance to a specific limitation in the duration of the rights of
the Baghdad Railway Company under article 9 of the convention of 1903; thev
must, in pursuance of section 3 of the memorandum of the 7th May 1913,
continue to press for such a limitation, which is not moreover inconsistent with
the terms of agreement between the Baghdad Railway Company and either the
" Societe de Transports fluviax " or Messrs. Lynch Brothers.
Sir E. Grey would add that he understands that Messrs. Lynch Brothers are pre
pared, so far as they are concerned, to conclude an arrangement such as that con
templated under article 4, clause (c) Hi).
The changes in article 5 {h) have already been explained in substance in Sir E.
Grey's memorandum of the 25th November 1913 ; slight verbal changes have
since been made with the object of greater precision.
His Majesty's Government, after the most careful consideration, are not able to
agree to stipulations such as are contained in articles o-A and 7 of the German
counter-draft of the 4th November ; but they would be willing to agree that article
6 of the British counter-draft should be interpreted, so far as possible, in the
light of the recommendations of the 9th September 1913, and that these recom
mendations should be embodied in the explanatory note ; they understand 'however
from Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, that the specific revenues named in section II of those recom
mendations have already been earmarked by anticipation for another purpose
a subject upon which Djavid Bey may possibly be able to throw more light.
V hile resolutely opposed, for the practical reasons explained in Sir E. Grey's
memorandum of the 18th September 1913, to the system of dual control which a
" comite de surveillance " would entail. His Majesty's Government have made a
considerable modification in the wording of article 6 in order to meet the criticisms
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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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