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'XXII/10 Status of Kuwait & Negotiations with Turkey.' [‎43v] (86/446)

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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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of trade and the maintenance of peace in a region which, but for long-sustained British
intervention, would have remained the scene of continual piracy and bloodshed.
16. They feel persuaded that the Ottoman Government will not oppose the
continuance of the political status quo of a hundred years, and they look forward
confidently to a complete adjustment of the questions enumerated, and to the improved
relations which cannot fail to ensue.
17. As the Ottoman Government are aware, there is a question which has caused
some concern to His Majesty’s Government in recent months, that of the frontier
between Turkey and Persia in the region of Mohammerah. When His Majesty’s
Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the Ottoman Government
that question had been dormant for sixty years, and His Majesty’s Government had
no desire to raise it. Now however that it has been raised, by circumstances beyond
their control, they feel that no settlement in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. could be complete
which did not provide for this question, and they regard a satisfactory adjustment of
it as an essential part of the present negotiations. They have the honour to
submit a separate memorandum on the subject for the consideration of the Ottoman
Government.
(iii.) An increase in the Turkish customs duties.
18. If the Ottoman Government are prepared to conclude an agreement in the sense
of this memorandum, and to concur in the removal of the existing veto on the
borrowing powers of Egypt, then, subject to the assent of the other Powers, His
Majesty’s Government will consent to the maintenance for a period of seven years,
counting from six months after the date of such agreement, of the increase in the
general rate of customs duty leviable on British goods on importation into the Ottoman
Empire from 8 per cent, to 11 per cent, ad valorem which was agreed to in 1907, and
also to the further increase of this general rate of customs duty from 11 per cent, to
15 per cent, ad valorem for the same period.
Foreign Of ice, July 18, 1912.
ANNEX 1.
HIS Majesty’s Government wish to mention a question to which they attach great
importance, but to which they have not referred in this memorandum.
His Majesty’s Government desire to secure that the duties leviable upon certain
classes of cotton yarns and manufactures shall in no case exceed certain rates to
be agreed upon.
His Majesty’s Government will furnish the Ottoman Government, with the least
possible delay, with a schedule specifying these classes of goods and the duties to be
applied to them.
Foreign Office.
ANNEX 2.
Draft Articles for a Convention between the British and Ottoman Governments in
respect of Railways in Asiatic Turkey.
Article 1.
NO discrimination of any kind shall be exercised on any portion of the railways
connecting Bagdad with other places in Asiatic Turkey, or on any of the branches
thereof, in respect of traffic passing over the said railways, whatever may be its origii
or destination.
The word “ traffic ” in this and the following articles shall apply to passengers and
their luggage, goods, animals, and things conveyed on the railways, and carriages,
waggons, and other vehicles adapted for running on the railways.

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Content

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.

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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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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