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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [164v] (334/540)
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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4. Each of the Commissioners shall receive annually a salary of £T. 2,000. free
of all deductions. These salaries shall be paid by the Commission.
5. The Commission shall appoint such officers and employes as may be ^necessary,
but the Chief Engineer and the Surveyor shall be of British nationality, ihe salaries
of* such officers and employes shall be fixed and paid by the Commission.
6. The Commission shall be charged with the followins: duties
(a.) The execution of such works as may be necessary for the improvement of the
channel of the river and of the approaches thereto on the seaward side.
(b.) The maintenance of the channel of the river free from obstructions of all sorts,
so as to keep it in the best possible state for navigation. .
(c.) The preparation, issue, and enforcement of regulations for the navigation
of the river and for the policing of the river and the land and buildings held by the
Commission.
(d.) The control of pilotage.
(e.) The buoying and lighting of the channel, and the maintenance and control of
the lights and buoys in the approaches to the river specified in the Schedule to this
Convention.
(/.) The supervision, so far as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of
this convention, and subject to the treaty rights of foreign Powers, of the wharves, quays,
docks, and jetties belonging to private persons in or on the banks of the river, and the
provision of such additional accommodation and facilities as the Commission may deem
necessary.
7. The Imperial Ottoman Government undertakes to facilitate the acquisition by
the Commission of such land as the Commission shall consider necessary to enable^ it to
carry out effectually the duties assigned to it. The cost of such land shall be paid by
the Commission.
In cases where land to which fishing rights are attached is required by the
Commission, no unnecessary interference with such fishing rights shall take place.
8. No dues, taxes, or charges shall be levied either by the Porte or by the
Commission on ships or. goods on the Shatt-el-Arab based on the mere fact of
navigation.
9. The Commission shall have the sole right to levy any dues or charges that may
be found necessary to cover the expenses of works undertaken and services maintained
by it. In the event of such dues being found necessary they shall not exceed the
amount reasonably required for the above purposes, including the administration of the
Commission, and their produce shall be exclusively applied thereto, any surplus being
devoted to the reduction of dues. In no case shall the rate of dues excaed 1 fr. per net
registered ton of shipping,
10. Any dues or charges levied by the Commission shall be levied impartially and
equitably in respect of all vessels, whatever be the places from or to which they arrive
or depart, or the nations or persons to which the vessels or their cargoes belong.
Similarly there shall be no differentiation in the matter of facilities between vessels or
goods of different nations or persons, or between vessels arriving from or departing to
different places.
11. Any sums which it may become necessary for the Commission to borrow for
the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed upon it shall be advanced by the high
contracting parties at a rate of interest not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, in such
proportions and upon such terms as to repayment as they may arrange.
12. The control of all funds raised and expended by the Commission shall be vested
exclusively in the Commission.
13. The Commission shall publish annually complete and accurate accounts,
showing the amounts received and expended by it.
14. If the receipts of the Commission are insufficient to cover its ordinary
expenditure the deficit shall be made good by the Imperial Ottoman Government.
15. In the event of the members of the Commission being unable to agree as
to whether any particular works are or are not necessary for the improvement of the
Shatt-el-Arab, or as to the way in which particular works should be carried out,
the question shall be referred by them to an engineer of repute, to be agreed upon
by the commissioners, or, failing agreement, to be nominated by the president of
the Institute of Civil Engineers in London, and the decision of such engineer shall
be adopted by the Commission.
16. The Commission shall correspond upon all matters connected with the duties
entrusted to it with the Sublime Porte direct, and not through the local authorities.
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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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- Title
- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
- Pages
- 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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