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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.' [135r] (189/336)
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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5o
Enclosure No. 4.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
(Secret.) Foreign Office,
^ ir > . 1st November 1911.
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of 30th October, and to state in reply, for the
information of the Secretary of State for India, that Sir Edward Grey
concurs in the Marquess of Crewe’s proposed modification of paragraph 3
of the draft note to the Turkish Ambassador, transmitting copies of the
agreements with the Sheikhs of Koweit and Bahrein and the Trucial
Chiefs. The note will now be handed to Tevfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
with the addition
suggested by the Marquess of Crewe, viz., that Elis Majesty’s Govern
ment reserve to themselves the right to interpret at their discretion the
good offices conditionally promised to the Sheikh of Koweit.
A copy of the amended note is herewith transmitted.
lam, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State F. A. Campbell.
for India.
Annex.
Foreign Office,
Your Highness, 24th October 1911.
In compliance with the request which, under instructions from
your Government, you were good enough to make to me on the 16th
ultimo, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copies of the
agreements, as marked in the margin, concluded by His Majesty’s
Government with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the Sheiks of Bahrein
and Koweit, to which reference is made in the Memorandum communi
cated to Your Highness on 29th July last.
With respect to these agreements, His Majesty’s Government have
the following observations to make : —
As regards No. 1 , His Majesty’s Government have informed the *
Sheikh of Koweit that so long as he and his heirs and successors act up
to their obligations under the Agreement, His Majesty’s Government
undertake to support them and accord them their good offices. His
Majesty’s Government reserve to themselves the right to interpret that
term at their discretion.
His Majesty’s Government hold moreover a lease of land from the
Sheikh of Koweit.
As regards No. 4, His Majesty’s Government take occasion to remind
the Sublime Porte that British rights in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and on the
coast rest not merely on the agreements concluded, and transmitted
herewith to the Ottoman Government, but on the custom, consent, and
long established relations between the local chiefs and the Government
of India.
His Majesty’s Government hope that in the communication of these
agreements, together with the supplementary declarations which are
hereby brought to the notice of the Ottoman Government, the Sublime
Porte will see proof of His Majesty’s Government’s goodwill and desire
to facilitate the conclusion of the negotiations set forth in their above-
mentioned memorandum.
I have, &c.,
His Highne'ss Tevfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, E. Grey.
&c., &c., Ac.
s. 121 .
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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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