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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [226r] (459/540)
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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65
Enclosure in No. 1.
Revised Draft Convention for the Establishment of a Shatt-el-Arab Navi
gation Commission.
T he Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of His
Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, being desirous on account of the magni
tude of their interests in the trade on the Shatt-el-Arab to improve the naviga
tion of that river, and to diminish tha risks to which, commerce thereon is exposed,
have agreed as follows
1. The navigation of the Shatt-el-Arab shall remain open to the ships of all
nations.
2. The Imperial Ottoman Government will establish a Commission in which
shall be vested the control of the Shatt-el-Arab from Kurna to the sea.
3. The Commission shall consist of two members only, to be appointed by the
Imperial Ottoman Government. One of these two members shall be of British
nationality, and shall be selected from candidates suggested by the Government
of His Britannic Majesty.
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 neces
sary, but the Chief Engineer and the Surveyor shall be of British nationality. The
salaries of such officers and employes shall be fixed and paid by the Commission.
6. The Commission shall be charged with the following duties
ia) 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.
(h) 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
ot 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
mav 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 exceed 1 fr. per net registered ton of shipping.
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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.
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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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