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'XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.' [38r] (75/446)
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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simply booauso it nad boon definitely stated by the Gor
man Government tx^at this ./as the terminus v/hich they wanted
but as it has novt been decided by the Porte that Busreh
is to be the principal terminus and as it is now held
that as comiJared v/ith husreh i^oaeit will ne/er find favour
with the commercial public, provided always that the Bar
be dredged, we have no further active reason for regarding
as essential the extension to the Gulf. All that it is
necessary for us to ensure is that if it is ever decided
to be necessary to extend the line to the Gulf, the Gulf
terminus must be at or in xvoweit limits and nowhere else
a-nd that we must be predominant there* This at any rate
is my idea of the present position and it follows that we
should absolutely set our faces against extension of the
line to hhor Abdullah unless a site admitted to be in the
territory of the Sheikh of Aoweit be selected and Bubyan
be definitely relinquished by the Turks,
With the tenainus of the Railway in ahor Abdullah
in Turkish limits and with the extremities of the xvhor
at Pao and iiubyan in the hands of the Turks, situation
'would be created whicn we cannot possibly contemplate even
if the Busreh-Gulf Section be Anglo-'rurxiiah.
1 do not think tnat the feelings of the Sheikh of
ito./eit need be a matter of serious concern. He v/ould ex
pect us if the line came to his terriory to safe guard
his interests. He would not greatly regret it if it did
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not. On the other hand a Turkish terminus in the Jahor
Abdullah combined with the retention of uubyan by the Turks -
would greatly be resented by him.
( 6 ). xvatar.
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in my opinion line advocated in the joint minute should
be adhered to the utmost. The Government of India were
informed by me in April of the conditions on which I con
sidered that the consolidation of Turkish jurisdiction in
x^atar could possibly be contemplated; but the questions
of the frontier and the status quo in regard to kohammerah
had not at that moment come into our discussions with the
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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.
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- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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.'
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- 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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