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File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.' [46r] (100/536)
The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. It was written in English. 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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Annexe II.
Agreement by Sheikh Mubarek-bin-Subah, Chief of Koweit.
(Translation.)
I AGREE to absolutely prohibit the importation of arms into Koweit or
exportation therefrom, and to enforce this I have issued a notification and proclamation
to all concerned.
Dated this 24th day of Moharrum, 1318 (24th day of May, 1900).
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah.)
Annexe III.
IPostal Agreement of February 28, 1904, with the Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
AS the British Government has agreed, in accordance with my desire and for the
benefit of traders, to establish a post-office at Koweit, I, on my part, agree not to allow
the establishment here of a post-office by any other Government. I accordingly write
this undertaking on behalf of myself and my successors.
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah.)
Koweit, the 11th ZU Haj, 1321
{February 28, 1904).
Annex IV.
Sir Edward Grey to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Your Highness, Foreign Office, October 24, 1911.
IN compliance with the request which, under instructions from your Government,
you were good enough to make to me on the 16th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit
to you herewith copies of the agreements concluded by His Majesty’s Government
with the Trucial chiefs of Oman and the Sheikhs of Bahrein and Koweit, to which
reference is made in the memorandum communicated to your Highness on the 29th
July last. _ .
With respect to these agreements His Majesty’s Government have the following
observations to make :—
As regards No. 1, His Majesty’s Government have informed the Sheikh of Koweit
that so long as he and his heirs and successors act up to their obligations under the
agreement, His Majesty’s Government undertake to support them and accord them
their good offices. His Majesty’s Government reserve to themselves the right to
interpret that term at their discretion.
His Majesty’s Government hold, moreover, a lease of land from the Sheikh ot
Koweit. . ..
Ajs regards No. 4, His Majesty’s Government take occasion to remind the Sublime
Porte that British rights in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and on the coast rest not merely on the
agreements concluded, and transmitted herewith to the Ottoman Government, but on
the custom, consent, and long-established relations between the local chiefs and the
Government of India. . .
His Majesty’s Government hope that in the communication of these agreements,
together with the supplementary declarations which are hereby brought to the notice
of the Ottoman Government, the Sublime Porte will see proof of His^ Majesty s
Government’s goodwill and desire to facilitate the conclusion of the negotiations set
forth in their above-mentioned memorandum.
1 have, &c.
E. GREY.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to a negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1912-1914.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad and an extension to Basra. In particular the correspondence focuses on:
- Anglo-Turkish negotiations;
- concessions proposed in respect of Kuwait;
- negotiations with Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in London;
- the Anglo-Turkish convention and declaration signed by Sir Edward Grey and Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , 15th December, 1913.
The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary to the Board of Trade (Louis Mallet); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry McMahon); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (254 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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.
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.'
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- 5r:8v, 23r:24v, 32r:37v, 39v, 43r:46v, 69r:72v, 73v:76v, 79r:86v, 88v:89v, 106v:107v, 109r:110v, 146v:149v, 160r:161v, 164v:165v, 213r:214v
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