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'XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.' [36v] (72/446)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1911-7 Dec 1913. 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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a-s well as from the general attitude of the Turkish delegates, that what the Turks are
aiming at is, under the proposed settlement, not only to secure what they already
possess on sufferance, but also to obtain a footing which they have never had before.
Now whatever may be said from the point of view of law, history, or policy, for the
former aim, there is clearly no justification for the latter, and His Majesty’s Govern
ment, whose whole object is to get the Turks, as far as possible, out ot the Gulf,
can clearly, in no. circumstances, acquiesce in it. We submit that this should be made
quite plain, and it might be well to remind the Turks of Lord Lansdowne’s statement
in the House of Lords on the 5th May, 1903, that “ we should 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 we should certainly resist it with all the
means at our disposal.”
The next step would seem to act as suggested under (d) on p. 4.
A. HIRTZEL.
ALWYN PARKER.
April 24, 1912.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the status of Kuwait and the negotiations between Britain and Turkey which led to a treaty in 1913.
The discussion in the volume relates to the:
- the proposed settlement of Kuwait question with Turkish Government;
- the draft Anglo-Turkish Convention;
- the report of Shaikh Mubarak's control over tribes, and on frontiers of Kuwait;
- negotiations on the draft Convention.
Included in the volume is a copy of the Anglo-Turkish Agreement and the collection of documents signed on 29 July,1912.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the following: the Viceroy; 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 Assistant Resident, Percy Gordon Loch; the Ambassador to Constantinople, Sir Gerard Lowther.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 223; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 4-222; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/65
- Title
- 'XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:44v, 46r:91v, 95r:148v, 151r:205v, 208r:222v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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