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'File 73/7 V (D 38) Status of Kuwait, Anglo-Turkish Convention' [‎67r] (150/216)

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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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[This Document is the Property ifa Britannic
TURKEY.
confidential.
13-$
[June 5.] ]
Section 3.
No. 1.
[25214]
Sir L. Mallet to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 5 )
(No. 314.) <
(Telegraphic.) R. __ ^ Constantinople, June 5, 1914.
YOUR telegram No. 247 of 2iid June: Anglo-Turkish Convention : Institutions.
Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's new text still fails to meet the case of numerous British institutions
in hire buildings. Paragraph 3 again implies that their position is irregular. This
implication is emphasised by paragraph 2, which makes no provision for communication
to the Porte of a list of these institutions, whereas if they are really to enjoy any
privileges at all it is essential that Turkish authorities should have an official and
up-to-date list of them. Moreover, there is an implicit contradiction between para
graph 5 of the new text and second clause of paragraph 1. The latter recognises that
institutions in hired buildings are entitled to certain privileges. One of the most
important of these in our view is exemption from customs duties, whereas paragraph 5
would appear to confine this to institutions recognised by firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). , and consequently to
those owning the property occupied by them.
It is expressly admitted on our side that the properties rented for institutional
purposes are liable to all burdens of other owners of property. We deny that there is
any other distinction in the matter of privileges between institutions in hired property
and those occupying their own property. There is nothing obscure in this contention,
which entirely corresponds with practice hitherto followed. If Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. maintains
that such other distinction should be drawn, I would suggest asking him to define
it before the final text is drawn up.
[2165 e—3]
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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)
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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.

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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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