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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [11v] (24/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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And if a British or other vessel meet them, they shall produce the register and the
clearance.
Article C.
The friendly Arabs, if they choose, shall send an envoy to the British
residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with the necessary accompaniments, and he shall remain there for the
transaction of their business with the
residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
; and the British Government, if it
chooses, shall send an envoy also to them in like manner ; and the envoy shall add his
signature to the signature of the chief in the paper (register) of their vessels, which
contains the length of the vessel, its breadth, and tonnage; the signature of the envoy
to be renewed every year. Also all such envoy shall be at the expense of their own
party.
Article 7.
If any tribe or others shall not desist from plunder and piracy, the friendly Arabs
shall act against them according to their ability and circumstances, and an arrangement
for this purpose shall take place between the friendly Arabs and the British at the time
when such plunder and piracy shall occur.
Article 8.
The putting men to death after they have given up their arms is an act of piracy
and not of acknowledged war ; and if any tribe shall put to death any persons, either
Mahommedans or others, after they have given up their arms, such tribe shall be held
to have broken the peace ; and the friendly Arabs shall act against them in conjunction
with the British, and, God willing, the war against them shall not cease until the
surrender of those who performed the act and of those who ordered it.
Article 9.
The carrying off of slaves, men, women, or children from the coasts of Africa or
elsewhere, and the transporting them in vessels, is plunder and piracy, and the friendly
Arabs shall do nothing of this nature.
Article 10.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs, bearing their flag above described, shall enter
into all the British ports and into the ports of the allies of the British so far as they
shall be able to effect it; and they shall buy and sell therein, and if any shall attack
them the British Government shall take notice of it.
Article 11.
These conditions aforesaid shall be common to all tribes and persons, who shall
hereafter adhere thereto in the same manner as to those who adhere to them at the
time present. End of the articles.
Issued at Ras-ool-Kheimah, in triplicate, at midday, on Saturday, the 22nd of
the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year of the Hegira 1235, corresponding to the 8th
January, 1820, and signed by the contracting parties at the places and times underwritten.
Signed at Bas-ool-Kheimah at the time of issue by—
(L.S.) W. GRANT KEIR,
Major-General.
(L. S.) H ASSUN -BIN-E AHM AH,
Sheikh of Rati and Falna,
formerly of Ras-ool-Kheimah,
(L. S.) RAJIB-BIN-AHM ED,
Sheikh of Jourat-al-Kamra,
An exact translation:
J. P. Thompson, Captain,
17th Light Dragoons, and Interpreter.
Signed at Ras-ool-Kheimah on Tuesday, the 25th of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul,
m the year of the Hegira 1235, corresponding to the 11th January, 1820.
(L.S.) SHAKBOUT,
Sheikh of Ahoo Dhebhee.
About this item
- Content
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: 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, William Shakespear, 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, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, the Government of India, 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. , and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- Title
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- 11r:12r
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