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File 1247/1912 Pt 1 'Turkey:- Communication to Turkish Govt of agreement between Gt. Britain and Koweit, Bahrein & Trucial Chiefs. Decorations for Sheiks of Koweit, Mohammerah & Bahrein in connection with Anglo-Turkish Convention.' [45r] (9/336)
The record is made up of 123 folios. It was created in 19 Oct 1896-24 Sep 1913. It was written in English. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty s Government.]
[A]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [July IB.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 1.
[28322] No. l.
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, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Highness herewith a memorandum
embodying the reply of His Majesty’s Government to the memorandum communicated
by the Imperial Ottoman Government on the 15th April last, relating to questions
connected with the Bagdad Railway 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 in regard ro 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.
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 which 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 for this, it
is necessary to provide in some other way for the representation of Persia in 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 commission such
representations as may at any time be necessary upon any question afiecting 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 in 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.
I have, &c.
E. GREY.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Memorandum.
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
by 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, but also in its cumulative
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The correspondence relates to the Anglo-Turkish Convention and assistance provided by the Shaikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mahommerah [Khorramshahr] in the negotiation process, which results in the decision to bestow the award of KCSI (Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India) on both Shaikhs.
Also discussed are:
- the negotiations between the Ottoman Government and the Bagdad Railway Company;
- a request by the Turkish Government for copies of agreements and conventions made by the British Government with Koweit, Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Trucial Chiefs;
- the decision to also bestow honours of a CSI (Companion of the Order of the Star of India) on Shaikh of Bahrein and CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) on Haji Rais, trusted confident and adviser to the Shaikh of Mahommerah.
The principal correspondents include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), the Secretary of State for India (Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Lord George F Hamilton, and Lord Crewe), the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon, Earl of Minto), the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Arthur Henry McMahon), and representatives of the Foreign Office.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence for this description commences at f 86, and terminates at f 208, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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