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'Report and Proceedings of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Persian Gulf' [39v] (83/94)
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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Enclosure 3.
Memorandum.
AT the meeting which took place this morning it was decided that the reply to
the Turkish proposals should be drafted on the following lines :—
The assent of his Majesty’s Government to the customs increase shall be given for
a fixed 'period, subject to the following conditions :—
(a.) The assent of all other Powers, and especially France and Russia, must be
secured to the increase.
{b.) A new Turkish Company shall be formed for the line south of Bagdad; of the
capital of this Company, which shall, if possible, arrange both for the construction and
the working of the line, 50 per cent, shall be British, and the remainder German or
1 urco-German. If the Turks insist on separating the construction Company from the
working Company the above conditions shall apply to the working Company, but tliis
would be a less desirable arrangement.
(c.) There shall be two British members on the board of the Bagdad Railway
Company. J
(But this a matter for us to arrange with the Company, not with Turkey.)
(d.) There shall be no sort of discrimination in freight rates, or other matters
affecting the carriage of goods or passengers, on any railway in Asiatic Turkey
connected with Bagdad.
_ (e.) That the chairman of the new Company shall either be British or alternately
British and German in successive years.
. .(/•) Fifty per cent, of the capital of the new Company shall always be retained in
Bntish control, and, in order to secure this, a suitable arrangement shall be drawn up
by the Board of Trade in consultation with the National Bank of Turkey.
(p.y I he rail way terminus, if on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, shall be at Koweit.
(A) the policing of the port of Koweit, both ashore and afloat, shall be carried
out, in the interests of international trade, by the agents of the Sheikh of Koweit,
under the direction of British officers of experience.
(f) F- owe if shall in no circumstances be fortified,
i i/f ' ^ ar ^ our of Koweit shall be constructed by British contractors, and it
• shall be built on land to be leased for this purpose by the British Government, and
controlled by a separate Company.
(A) Harbour dues, on a scale to be determined, shall be arranged, and the net
proceeds ol those dues shall be divided in equal portions between the shiekh and the
Mar hour Company, which shall be British.
Britain^ ^ territ ° rial status quo of Koweit sha11 be guaranteed by Turkey and Great
(m.) An arrangement shall be made for the levy, in the interests of Turkey of
customs dues on all through traffic entering Turkey through the port of Koweit. ^ ’
u A l A he f d T linistra ? lon of local affairs at Koweit shall remain, as heretofore, in the
hands of the sheikh or his successors.
,, J 0 '), The suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey over Koweit shall be recognised, and
the limits of the sheikh s jurisdiction defined (territorial!v).
AtA 0 sheikI l sh , aU out Turkish nationality certificates in the names of his
sons (This was I think, agreed to by the Government of India; it would also
facilitate the matters relating to the sheikh’s Turkish date properties.)
/ ’! koweitis resident abroad shall enjoy Turkish consular protection.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
baSe ’ ^ arSena1, sha11 ever be created on the shores of the
lift A At? s ° uth ? rn “, os ] t „ 1 . im ; 7 t : b a southerly direction, of Turkish jurisdiction on the
littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is Ujeir, in the district of El Katif. The Ottoman Govern
ment shall renounce all claim to the supremacy over any point on the littoral of the
or adjacent islands’ ^ ” t0 1Sland ° f Bahrein . Moharrog, Zakhnuniyeh,
(i.) His Majestv’s Government and the Turkish Government both undertake to
recognise the territorial status quo on the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(u.) Bahreinis m Turkish territory shall enjoy British consular protection
(j.) Subjects of the Truciffi Chiefs, and of the Sultan of Muscat, wh<
lesident in luikey shall enjoy British consular protection.
who may be
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:24v, 26r:27r, 29v:30r, 31r:32v, 33v:42v, back-i
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