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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [39r] (82/94)
The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). It was created in Nov 1911. It was written in English and French. 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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standing Arbitrator, who shall be appointed from time to time by the Joint Committee,
or, in default of agreement, by . The Arbitrator’s fee and expenses shall
be borne in equal proportions by the parties to the arbitration, and no costs shall be
awarded on either side.
Enclosure 2.
(B.)
Draft Articles for a Convention between the British and Ottoman Governments in
respect of Railways in Asiatic Turkey.
[His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Imperial Ottoman Government,
being desirous of promoting and facilitating railway traffic in Asiatic Turkey, have
agreed as follows :—]
Article 1.
No discrimination of any kind shall be exercised _on any portion of the railways
connecting Bagdad with ports or other places m Asiatic 1 urke\, oi on an^ o tie
branches thereof, in respect of traffic passing over the said railways, whatever may be
its origin 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.
Article 2.
For the purpose of determining charges on traffic, a uniform classification of traffic,
approved by the High Contracting Parties, shall be adopted on all the railways
specified in the previous Article, and such classification shall not be varied except by
mutual consent.
Article 3.
The rates and fares on such railways shall be quoted m all cases on a kilometric
basis, and the rates and fares per kilometre for the same descriptions of traffic shall be
th6 S Reductionf ffilh^kVomttric rates, in respect of traffic passing in defined quantities,
shali^lso^apply^throughout^die^aU^raU^ys.^^^ ^ head ; th tra ffi c
classification shall apply equally to any other traffic coming under the same head.
Article 4.
Equal expedition shall in all cases be afforded on the said railways to consignments
of traffic of the same description and quantity.
A-Rticlts 5
Article 6.
Any complaint which n^y ^
provisionsbf the fmegoing AHicffi,
to the construction of the foregoing A ;* lcle ^ S ^ to the
two Governments withm six months, be then reterrea
International Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
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The report was printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, November 1911, and approved on 14 December 1911. It concerns the situation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. regarding the extent to which Turkish claims aligned with British interests, and engagements already made with the Sheikh of Koweit [Kuwait] and other chiefs.
It includes the following:
- Report - The Standing Sub-Committee advise on the terminus of the Baghdad Railway, control of the navigation of the Shat-Al-Arab [Shatt al Arab], and the limits of Turkish sovereignty in the Shat-Al-Arab and on the shores of the Gulf.
- Proceedings - minutes of the First Meeting, 24 May 1911; and minutes of the Second Meeting, 15 June 1911.
The following appendices are also contained in the report:
I. Memorandum on Turkish aggression in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by the Foreign Office.
II. Memorandum on local action in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by the General Staff, War Office.
III. Letter on the Shat-Al-Arab and Koweit, from the Naval Commander-in-chief, East Indies, to the Government of India.
IV. Report of the Inter-Departmental Conference on the Baghdad Railway terminus, by the Foreign Office, 1907.
V. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Muhamrah (Mohammerah)[Khorramshahr].
VI. Memorandum on the Turco-Persian boundary question 1833-1906, by the Foreign Office.
VII. Foreign Office correspondence on the frontier of Mohammerah, 1906-1911.
Some treaty extracts and agreements are in French.
Also contains three maps:
f 25: 'MAP OF MOHAMMERAH AND DISTRICT PREPARED IN 1850'
f 43: 'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'
f 44: ' PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (43 folios)
- Arrangement
The file consists of a single report and three accompanying maps. A contents page at the front of the volume (ff 3-4) references the volume’s original printed pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- 'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 26r:27r, 29v:30r, 31r:32v, 33v:42v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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