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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎46r] (104/216)

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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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German Counter-draft.
be necessary for the improvement of its
channel and for its maintenance and for
other like purposes set out therein, and
being of opinion that the provisions of
the Convention are conducive to the
best interests of international commerce
•will, so long as the duties imposed upon
the Commission by the said Convention
are satisfactorily carried out, uphold the
Convention, and will undertake that
German subjects and German shipping
shall comply therewith, and with all re
gulations issued by the Commission,
and shall duly discharge all obligations
properly imposed upon them in pursu
ance of the provisions of the said Con
vention.
It is, nevertheless, understood that this
stipulation in no wise affects the privileges
and immunities granted to the German
Empire hy the Capitulations.
A " Comite de Surveillance " shall he
established composed of those foreign
consuls resident at Basra whose flag is
represented hy steamship lines regularly
trading with that port. The " Comite "
shall correspond directly with the River
Commission, to he established by the
Imperial Ottoman Government, on all
matters affecting the conservancy of the
Shatt-el-Arab and the dues to he levied on
that river ; it is, however, understood that
the functions of the "Comite" shall he
advisory and not executive. The
"Comite " will see that dues shall be
imposed, not for the mere fact of navi
gation, but only for repaying sums actual
ly spent on improvements in the naviga
tion of the Shatt-el-Arah and harbour fa
cilities. They shall in no case exceed
1 fr. per registered ton {the dues to cover
the coming in and going out of the same
vessel ; any dues shall be levied on a
basis of absolute equality without regard
to the nationality of sea-going vessels or
their cargoes.
CW8FD
British Counter-draft.
be necessary for the improvement of its
channel and for its maintenance and for
other like purposes set out therein, and
being of opinion that the provisions of
the Convention are conducive to the best
interests of international commerce, will,
so long as the duties imposed upon the
Commission by the said Convention are
satisfactorily carried out, uphold the Con
vention, and will undertake that German
subjects and German shipping shall
comply therewith, and with all regula
tions issued by the Commission, and
shall duly discharge all obligations pro
perly imposed upon them in pursuance of
the provisions of the said Convention.
The Imperial German Government take
note in this connection of the declaration,
signed on the
and attached to the said Convention, to the
effect that articles 7 and 8 of the above
Convention do not effect the rights enjoyed
in the Ottoman Empire by the nationals of
the Treaty Powers.
His Britannic Majesty's Government on
their part undertake that they will not,
without a preliminary agreement with the
Imperial German Government, consent to
the imposition of dues exceeding 1 franc
per registered ton.
(h) If at any time any of the Govern
ments most interested by reason of the
magnitude of their shipping on the Shatt-
el-Arah are of opinion that the duties
imposed upon the Commission are not
satisfactorily carried out, or that the
reasonable requirements of the commerce
of the river in the matters within the com
petence of the Commission are not
adequtaely met, and if the Commission in
such case has not seen its way to give effect
to important recommendations laid before
it in the interests of shipping, with the
object of removing the above-mentioned
causes of complaint, His Britannic Ma
jesty's Government will use their good
offices with the Imperial Ottoman Govern
ment to ensure the reference to a Board
of Enquiry of the questions whether in any
particular respects the duties of the Com
mission have not been satisfactorily carried
out, and whether there is good ground for
thinking that the Commission, if main
tained, will not be able to provide for the
reasonable requirements of the commerce
of the river.
This Board shall consist of five mem
bers to be drawn from the Powers most
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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)
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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