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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [49v] (111/216)
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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203
Foreign Office.
No. 467.
December 29th, 1913.
(56299-13.)
Sir,
I have received Your Excellency's telegram No. 619 of the 13th instant,
relative to the objections which Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
anticipates that the Turkish Gov-
ernment will raise to the procedure laid down in article 2 of the proposed British
declaration to Kussia on the subject of the rights of police and jurisdiction to be
exercised by the Shatt-el-Arab Navigation Commission.
The question has been further discussed with Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who argued
that the 2nd article of the proposed declaration to be made by His Majesty's Gov
ernment to Russia was an interpretation, in a sense contested by Turkey, of a mat
ter in dispute. Russia claimed the privileges in question, and Turkey did not
concede them " in principle ". W hy could not Russia, he asked, be satisfied with
a " general " declaration, such as the Anglo-Turkish one of October 21st, 1913,
to the effect that articles 7 and 8 of the Anglo-Turkish Convention of July 29th,
1913, did not affect the treaty rights of foreign Powers ?
His Highness was told in reply, firstly, that Russia would not be satisfied with
such a wording, because articles 7 and 8 of the Anglo-Turkish Convention were,
in her view, too specific to be neutralised by a declaration in general wording such
as that of October 21st, and it was quite clear that Russia would not pay the dues
unless she were satisfied by some declaration such as is proposed in the article to
which His Highness took exception.
Secondly, that His Majesty's Government entirely agreed with the Russian
Government in thinking that Turkey would have no right to object to the pro
cedure laid down in that article and, such being the case, and there being no
other means of securing payment of the dues by Russian ships, there could be
no objection to the proposed exchange of notes between the British and Russian
Governments.
I transmit to Your Excellency herewith a copy of a correspondence with His
Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh and of a 'note to Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the
subject.
I am, with great truth and respect,
Sir,
\our Excellency's most obedient, humble Servant,
His Excellency
The R'ght Honourable
Sir L. Mallet, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
etc., J etc., etc.
No. 56299-13.
Sir E. Grey presents his compliments to Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and has the honour to
ln Highness that His Majesty s Government propose to exchange notes
with the^Russian Government on the subject of the rights of police and jurisdic
tion to be exercised by the Shatt-el-Arab Navigation Commission.
Sir Edward Grey is convinced that the Russian Government would not be
satisfied with a general declaration, such as the Anglo-Turkish one of October 21st,
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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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