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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [113r] (231/540)
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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Turldsli Ambassador on tlie 15tli April, and they trust to Le in a position to con
tinue tlie negotiations with the Turkish Government when detailed investigations
have been completed by the departments concerned.
In the meantime, however, they are somewhat doubtful, from the terms of
the Turkish memorandum, whether, leaving on one side for the moment the ter
ritorial questions involved, the Turkish Government are prepared to accept the
basis of settlement proposed by His Majesty's Government in the following para
graph :—
" British trade relations with the Shaikhs df Kuwait have existed for upwards
of two centuries and, inasmuch as the place has attracted merchants from all
quarters by the equity of its rule and the freedom of its trade, (1) His Majesty's
Government could not consent to any interference with the succession or with
the internal administration, or any infringement of the complete autonomy of the
Shaikh; (2) on the other hand, they are prepared to recognise Turkish suzerainty
over Kuwait, and to recognise the Shaikh as a Turkish Kaimakam; (3) provided
in other respects'the status quo is guaranteed ; (4) and the validity of certain agree
ments, which the Shaikh has concluded with the British Government, is recog
nised ; * * * * (5) and provided finally the Shaikh is admitted to the full
and undisturbed enjoyment of any properties he may own or hereafter purchase
on Turkish territory; (6) Kuwait would thus form a sort of enclave within, and
forming part of, the Ottoman Empire, but enjoying complete self-government
under Turkish suzerainty. "
His Majesty's Government Would be glad to have an explicit reply with regard
to each of the propositions enumerated above.
There is another question which has recently caused some concern to His
Majesty's Government, viz., that of the frontier between Turkey and Persia in the
region of Mohammerah. When His Majesty's Government addressed their memo
randum of last July to the Turkish Government that question had been dormant
for sixty years, and His Majesty's Government had no desire to raise it. But
from the attitude of the Turkish frontier commissioners at Constantinople they are
led to apprehend that the Turkish Government may contemplate advancing claims,
which would inevitably re-act unfavourably upon the adjustment of the respective
interests of Great Britain and Turkey in the region of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, in view of
the close relations existing between His Majesty's Government and the Shaikh
of Mohammerah.
Foreign office, May 10, 1912.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department, for transmission to the Divi
sion of the Chief of the Staff.)
(Received on 10th June 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 21, dated the 24th
May'1912).
fB.]
ASIATIC TUEKEY AND ARABIA. [May II.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[20715] No. 1.
Memorandum hy Mr. Parker on the Baghdad Railway. ,
In our memorandum of last July to the Turkish Ambassador, we stipulated
that if the railway was ever prolonged from Basrah to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
" it must
be brought to Kuwait under conditions to be settled by agreement between Great
Britain and Turkey alone, ana a clause to this effect must be embodied in a con
vention dealing with these matters. "
Germany has, in her agreement renouncing her right to build the line between
Baghdad and the Gulf, stipulated that the Bagdad Railway Company shall have
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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.
- 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.
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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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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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