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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [‎118v] (242/540)

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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parts of the railway, e.g., on the branch to Khanikin, and if adverse treatment exists
on that and other portions of the railway, the utility of securing equality of treat
ment on the Baghdad-Basrah sections is not so apparent ?
In Sir E. Grey's view, which, until the receipt of your letter under reply, he
believed to be shared by your department, the most efficacious means of excluding
differential treatment (not only on the Baghdad-Basrah sections but on all rail
ways in Asiatic Turkey) is by a binding international agreement on the subject,
and by making the continued levy of the increased customs duty dependent on the
precise observance of that instrument.
For these reasons Sir E. Grey hopes that the Marquess of Crewe will reconsider
his views and allow the negotiations with the Turkish Ambassador to proceed on
the basis of the proposals formally made to the Ottoman Government in July 1911.
Sir E. Grey would remind Lord Crewe that His Excellency is anxious to discuss
those proposals at an early date, and he thinks that a preliminary discussion
between the departments concerned should take place as soon as possible.
As regards the Peninsula of El Katr, Sir E. Grey naturally attaches the greatest
weight to the views of the Marquess of Crewe, and although he is disposed to think
that his Lordship s conclusions as to the result of conceding something to Turkey
in this region are exaggerated, he does not think it necessary to continue at this
stage the discussion on this point, as he would be averse from abating any of the
demands advanced in the memorandum of the 29th July, 1911, for the present;
he would, however, be glad if Lord Crewe would consider at his leisure in what
direction it might be possible to make a concession to the Ottoman Government
supposing a successful issue of the negotiations depended upon some modification
of our extreme demands. If it were worth while to initiate these negotiations, it
is worth while to continue them in a reasonable spirit.
As to Mohammerah, Sir E. Grey does not consider it practicable to propose to
the Persian Government that they should make a communication as proposed to
the Turkish Government, or that His Majesty's Government should support Persia
against Turkey in the manner suggested : Sir ' E. Grey does not consider that
it would be possible to reserve this question from The Hague Tribunal if the Turkish
Government persisted in such a reference ; but, if it is possible to prevent it, Sir E.
Grey has no intention of allowing it, and proposes to treat a settlement of this fron-
tier as part of the present negotiations and as a necessary condition of their conclu
sion.
A separate letter will be addressed to you shortly respecting the course which
it is proposed to pursue in regard to the Mohammerah frontier negotiations.
I am, &c.,
LOUIS MALLET.
. (C 0 Py sent infomally to the Army Department for transmission to the Divi-
eion of the Chief of the Staff.)
66
G. Mi Press, Simla,—No. C. 248 P. 0,-4-742,
—30.—H,C f S.L.

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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.

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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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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