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File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying' [‎113r] (230/242)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. 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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and “Tt^ev wiZeet th ‘t 7**? ° f British P :lrtici P ati <» i" the Bagdad Railway,
forth in the Turkish memorandZ JtllfAXTprir g ,n ° difiCati0n ° f the Vie ' TO Set
^ tention ^hat*'!^ 7 ’ 8 Uov ? rnm ] ent in the first instance protest against the con-
e e^dlv len t V «‘; ste “> ci V ng W ‘ th re ^ rd to ‘he assurance given, and
Tnrt»v !•/ ?’ t °Hf r . Majesty 8 Ambassador at Constantinople, to the effect that
1 ui key d,d not entertain any intention of obtaining the supremacy over Bahrein
Muscat, or the .independent tribes on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. - ’
■ t Jl, 0 "?:: 1 ", 1 . d ? 8pMC i7' dul y si «? ed dated, in which 'these assurances
n Office, aru
there were on the Arabian coast no symbols of Turkish authority^ TurS^urSfction
oi occupation, effective or ineffective. And while they are now prepared to recognise Annex 4
and otir°re elg 7 T'l 1 southernmost limits of Koweit (is hereinafter delied)
!ne„„„L„l,! , f, UUab ® t 0 ,?' 1 " 11 * that any of the arguments adduced in the Turkish
• i i i • T nao novel uecn locaiiy regarded
or indeed as being subject to the influence of*/the Ottoman Empire
For themselves relying no less on the obvious facts than on the Turkish assurances
mentioned above, they have never so regarded it, and they have repeatedly informed
the bubhme Porte accordingly. r j
11. His Majesty’s Government can only reiterate their opinion that any lasting
settlement between the two Powers must provide for the definite renunciation by
the Ottoman Empire of the whole of the peninsula of El Katr, including El Bidaa
t hey have consistently opposed any consolidation of Turkish authority, which first
attempted to assert itself so recently as 1870, and they are bound to continue that
opposition.
12 * The Turkish memorandum of the loth April does not afford His Majesty’s
Government all the information which they consider essential to a due appreciation
of the attitude of the Turkish Government respecting Koweit. His Majesty’s
Government are concerned to ensure the continuance of the local government of the
Sheikh of Koweit, as defined in their memorandum of the 29th July, 1911. Further
His Majesty’s Government would be fully prepared to recognise Turkish suzerainty
over Koweit and indeed to recognise the Sheikh as a Turkish kaimakam, but they
attach cardinal importance to the islands of Warba and Bubiyan being admitted by
Turkey to be within the confines of Koweit, to the withdrawal of the Turkish military randum
post^ from Bubiyan, and to a recognition of the limits of Koweit in accordance with (Annex 4).
the indications contained in the accompanying memorandum.
13. His Majesty’s Government regret that they would consider the introduction of
divided responsibility for maritime police measures altogether incompatible with the
principles and successful accomplishment of their pc hey in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . This
policy consists in the maintenance of the maritime peace, and has been successfully
pursued, to the advantage of all concerned, for a century. To modify the system in
these circumstances would be alike unnecessary and unjustifiable.
14. Indeed His Majesty’s Government would go further. They consider that they
have acquired by prescription not merely the right but the duty to maintain peace
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; they have always been opposed to any proposal to trench upon
their prerogative ; and it was this attitude which led to the declaration made by the
Marquess of Lansdowne in the House of Lords on the oth May, 1903, that “ His
Majesty’s Government would regard the establishment of a naval base, or of a fortified
port, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by any other Power as a very grave menace to British interests, \
and they should certainly resist it with all the means at their disposal.”
His Majesty’s Government must therefore ask the Turkish Government to recognise
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. the right of Great Britain— (a.) To control surveying, lighting,
buoying, and pilotage; (b.) To police its waters; and (e.) To conduct all quarantine
arrangements.
15. In submitting these final proposals for the acceptance of the Turkish Govern
ment, His Majesty’s Government are not seeking territorial aggrandisement, nor are
they embarking upon any new developments of policy. Their desire is simply to
secure the recognition and to ensure the continuance of an order of things which, in
fact, grew up under their auspices and before the appearance of Turkish authority in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and which has been proved by experience to favour the development

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to lighting and buoying installed by the Turkish Government in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Correspondence discusses concerns over the erection of a Turkish lighthouse in Fao and the basis upon which a protest could be lodged. Also discussed is the deployment of a Turkish lightship in the Shatt al-Arab, through the replacement of the old Turkish vessel ( Kilidi Bahr ) by a new lightship ( Jaffari ) and the ramifications of the correspondence with the Turkish Government about this matter. Dredging of various marine navigation channels by the Turkish Government is discussed. Part of these discussions and negotiations involved the creation of a Shatt al-Arab Navigation Commission.

The principal correspondents include the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge), 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. ; HM Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); and HM Consul at Basrah (Francis Edward Crow).

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1 volume (119 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; 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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