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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [162r] (329/540)
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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iThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Go»
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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[July 18.]
S ection 1.
l28322T No -
Sir Edward Grey to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
(Confidential.)
Your Highness, Foreign Office, July 18, 1012.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Highness herewith a meraorandum
embodying the reply of His Majesty's Government to the memorandum communicated
. by the Imperial Ottoman Government on the l_5th April last, relating to questioned 1 ,
connected with the Bagdad Hail way and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
In communicating this document to your Highness I desire to call your attention to
two additional points which are not dealt with in the memorandum or its annexes.
In the first place His Majesty's Government consider it highly desirable, in order to
secure the smooth working of the arrangements proposed m regard r,o the Bagdad
Railway, that at least one British director, approved by His Majesty's Government,
should be admitted to the board of the Bagdad Railway Company. Such an arrangement
would of course require the consent of the German Government. i
Secondly, as the Turkish Government are aware, certain rights are secured to Persia
under the Treaty of Erzeroum (1847), and the geographical position of Mohammerah
is such that the sheikh cannot fail to be brought into contact with the Riverain
Commission; and unless provision is made for these facts there is a risk of the friction
arising wMch it is the object of the two Governments to avoid. There would have been
much to be said for an International Riverain Commission on which Persia, equally with
Great Britain and Turkey, should be represented. But as His Majesty's Government,
appreciating the objections entertained by the Porte, have not pressed tor this, it
is necessary to provide in some other way for the representation of Persia m such
matters as may touch her rights whether under the Treaty of Erzeroum or under this new
agreement. His Majesty's Government therefore propose that the commissioner who is
a British subject should be charged with the duty of making to the comimssion such
representations as may at any time be necessary upon any question atiectmg those
rights, and they will be willing to use their good offices with the Persian Government
*and the Sheikh of Mohammerah to induce them to agree to this arrangement.
These two points come, perhaps, outside the scope of the matters dealt with m the
memorandum which are confined to subjects of negotiation between Great Britain and
Turkey alone, but His Majesty's Government attach great importance to them and
trust that they will receive the favourable consideration of the Imperial Ottoman
Government. j havei &c .
E. GREY.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Draft of Memorandum to he communicated to Turkish Ambassador.
1 HIS Majesty's Government have not failed to examine with much care and
attention the important proposals which are embodied in the memorandum communicated .
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bv the Imperial Ottoman Government on the 15th April last. . . , ,
2 Throughout their deliberations, His Majesty's Government have been animated by
the conviction that a complete agreement on outstanding questions is eminently to be
desired in the larger interests of both countries. They are persuaded that such an
agreement, to be justly appreciated, should be viewed not only in the measure of
sacrifice or advantage which each individual clause may imply, hut also in its cumulative
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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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