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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [112v] (230/540)
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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54
April, 1912, from the Turkish Ambassador, containing the reply of the Turkish
Government to the proposals contained in the British memorandum of the 29th
July, 1911.
A copy of a joint minute by Sir A. Hertzel, of 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 Mr. Parker,
of this Department, on the Turkish reply is also enclosed.*
' Sir E. Grey would be glad to be furnished with the detailed observations of
the Board of Trade upon those portions of the Turkish reply which have any
bearing upon British commercial interests.
I am, &c.,
LOUIS MALLET.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department, for transmission to the Divi
sion of the Chief of the Staff.)
(Received on 17th June 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No
May 1912).
ASIATIC TUEKEY AND ARABIA .
CONFIDENTIAL.
. 22, dated the 31st
[May 10.]
Section 5.
[198431 No. 1.
The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigat
(Received May 10.)
3, Salter's Hall Court, Cannon Street, London,
S ir , May 9,1912.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 6th instant,
on the subject of the transport of the Baghdad Railway material, and I will take
an early opportunity of laying it before my board.
In the meantime, I am to state that your summary correctly represents the
facts, and that it is contemplated that the vessels shall run under the Turkish flag.
Further, that the incorporation of our company or its service into the new arrange
ments has not formed a subject of conversation with the Baghdad Railway Com
pany ; still less has it formed a subject for consideration. The negotiations have
been confined to giving effect to article 9 of the Baghdad Railway concession, which
empowers the Baghdad Railway Company to place steamers on the rivers of Mesopo
tamia for the carriage of railway material, and they have had nothing whatever
to do with the status or service of this company,
I have, &c.
FRED. W. PARRY,
Acting Secretary.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department, for transmission to the
Division of the Chief of the Staff.)
(Received on 10th June 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 21, dated the 24th
May 1912).
[A.]
ASIAT IC TURKEY AND ARABIA . [May 10.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[16000] • No. 1.
Memorandum communicated to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
His Majesty's Government are giving their careful attention to the import
ant proposals contained in the memorandum communicated by his Highness the
* April 24, 1912, Section 1.
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- 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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- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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- 43r:43v, 112v, 221r:221v
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- Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company
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