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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎40v] (93/216)

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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 19th January 1913, with Political Secretary's letter No. 1, dated
the 2nd January 1914.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [December 15.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 2.
[52464] No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to German Charge d'Affaires.
Foreign Office, December 15, 1913,
S ir,
His Majesty's Government have carefully considered the proposal contained
in your note of the 4th ultimo, respecting the publication of intended changes of
rates or conditions of transport on the Baghdad Railway.
In reply, I have to inform you that His Majesty's Government concur in this
proposal, or they would be willing, should the German Government prefer, to
agree to a stipulation to the same effect being inserted in the explanatory note
which it is proposed to attach to the Anglo-German Convention respecting the
Baghdad Railway and allied questions.
I have, etc.,
E. GREY.
{Received on the 5th January 1914, with Political Secretary's letter No. 51, dated
the 19th December 1913.)
[A]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [December 15.]
C onfidential . section i .
[50543] No. 1.
Memorandum communicated to German Charge d'Affaires.
His Majesty's Government have very carefully considered the counterdraft,
commimicated by the German Charge d'Affaires on the 4th November, of the
proposed Anglo-German Convention respecting the Baghdad Railway and allied
questions, and his note of the 3rd November commenting upon this document.
Sir e. Grey now has the honour to transmit a further draft, which is iome-
what amended both in form and in substance.
The changes of form are primarily due to exigencies of procedure, and are
designed to meet the fact that certain stipulations must necessarily, in the
first instance, be agreed upon between the Ottoman Government and the Baghdad
Railway Company or the proposed River Navigation Company, as the case may
The changes of substance are largely attributable to the desire of His Majesty's
Government to recall the German Government as nearly as possible to the original
proposals which they put forward, as a basis of negotiation, on the 7th May 1913,
and from which each ^ successive counter-draft seems to have constituted a further
departure. So wide indeed has been the departure that even such important
conditions as those contained m section 2 {h) and the first and third sentences
o sec ion o e memorandum of that date,—-which went far to constitute the
credit side of the transactom from the British standpoint, -have now, by the
wording of the German counter-draft of the 3rd November 1913 [article 2, clause
(c), last paragraph, article 4, clauses (6) and (c), and article 5, clause (6)], been sub
stantially whittled away. v /J
His Majesty's Government recognise that the proposals made on the 7th
May, 1913, were to some extent tentative and non -committal, and they have

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Content

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)
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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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