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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [‎15r] (31/540)

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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All slaves that come into my territories I seize according to the terms of the treaty
and make over to the Government agent. ^
The Government agent has no doubt informed you that I seized the slaves that
were brought to my territories in a British vessel, and made them over to the agent
U Jl™ 7 ^ asm f th f 1 sh . a11 carr y into effect whatever the Government may
desire, and am always happy to receive your commands.
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(20.)
Translated Purport of a Letter from Sh
Dhebbee, to Acting Resident, Persian 1290
{March 5, 1873).
„ . Be it known to you that I received a letter from Colonel Pelly, resident in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in regard to the treaty about importation of slaves.
This treaty exists intact, and I am always careful to see that it is not infringed.
(21.)
Exclusive Agreement of the Chief of Ahu Dthabi with the British Government,
dated March 6, 1892.
I, 2aeed-bin-Khalifah, Chief of Abu Dthabi, in the presence of Lieutenant-Colonel
A. C. Talbot, C.LE., 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , do hereby solemnly bind
myself and agree, on behalf of myself, my heirs, and successors, to the following
conditions, viz. :—
1. That I will on no account enter into any agreement or correspondence with any
Power other than the British Government.
2. That without the assent of the British Government I will not consent to the
residence within my territory of the agent of any other Government.
3. That I will on no account cede, sell, mortgage, or otherwise give for occupation
any part of my territory save to the British Government.
Dated Abu Dthabi, the 6th March, 1892, corresponding to the 5th Shaaban, 1309
Hijri.
(Signature of Zaeed-bin-Khalifa, Chief of Abu Dthabi.)
A. C. Talbot, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
LANSDOWNE,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Ratified by his Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Simla on
the 12th day of May, 1892.
H. M. D urand,
Secretary to the Government of
India y Foreign Department.
(The agreements signed by the other trucial sheikhs, viz., the Chiefs of Dabai,
Ajman, Shargah, Ras-ul-Khima, and Umm-ul-Gawain, the first three dated the 7th and
the last two the 8th March, 1892, are identical in form.)
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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.

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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.

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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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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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