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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎43r] (98/216)

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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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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Anglo-German Convention, Anglo-German Convention.
German
Counter-draft of November 3,
1913.
{Note. —Variations from the British draft
of Sep' eaiber 18, 1913, are printed in
italics.)
Article 1.
Clause {a). Recognising the gener
al importance of the completion of
the Baghdad. Railway for international
commerce, His Britannic Majesty's
Government undertake not to take
or encourage any measures likely to
impede the construction of the Bagh
dad Railway system or to prevent the
participation of capital in this un
dertaking.
Clause (b). His Britannic Majesty's
Government agree to the construc
tion and management of the proposed
railway from Baghdad to Basra by
the Baghdad Railway Company.
Clause (c). The Imperial German
Government declare that they will
use their best endeavours to secure
that two British directors, agreeable
to His Britannic Majesty's Govern
ment, shall be admitted as represen
tatives of a group of British sharehold
ers to the board of the Baghdad Rail
way Company.
Article 2.
The Baghdad Railway Company,
having concluded with the Imperial
Ottoman Government an arrange
ment on the following basis, the Im
perial German Government and His
Britannic Majesty's Government de
clare, so far as concerns themselves,
that they adhere to the said arrange
ment, and will use their best endea
vours to secure its due execution ; —
Clause (a). The terminus of the
Baghdad Railway Company's line shall
be at Basra, and the Baghdad Rail
way Company has renounced all
claims to construct a branch line from
Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
referred to in article 1 of the Baghdad
Railway Convention of the 5th March,
1903, and to build a port or railway
terminus on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , whether
under article 23 of tha said Baghdad
Railway Convention or in any other
way derived.
British Counter-draft of December 15,
1913.
{Note. —Variations from the German draft
of November 3, 1913, are, so far as possible,
indicated by italics.)
Article 1.
Clause (a). Recognising the general
importance of the completion of the
Baghdad Railway for international com
merce, His Britannic Majesty's Govern
ment undertake not to take or encourage
any measures likely to impede the con
struction of the Baghdad Railway system
or to prevent the participation of capital
in this undertaking.
Clause (b). His Britannic Majesty's
Government declare that they will not op
pose the construction and management
or the proposed railway from Baghdad
to Basra by the Baghdad Railway Com
pany.
Clause (c). The Imperial German
Government declare that they will use
their best endeavours to secure that two
British directors, agreeable to His Britan
nic Majesty's Government, shall be ad
mitted to the board of the Baghdad Rail
way Company.
Article 2.
Clause (a). The'Baghdad Railway Com
pany having concluded with the Im
perial Ottoman Government an arrange
ment on the following basis, the Imperial
German Government and His Britannic
Majesty's Government declare, so far as
concerns themselves, that they adhere
to the said arrangement, and will use
their best endeavours to secure its due
execution :—
{i) The terminus of the Baghdad Rail
way Company's line shall be at Basra,
and the Baghdad Railway Company has
renounced all claims to construct a branch
line from Basra (Zobeir) to the Persian
Gulf, referred to in article 1 of the Bagh
dad Railway Convention of the 5th
March, 1903, and to build a port or rail
way terminus on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
whether under article 23 of the said
Baghdad Railway Convention or in any
other way derived.

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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.

Extent and format
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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English and French in Latin script
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