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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.' [106v] (223/536)
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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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 looly 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 wlncn nas caused
some concern to His Majesty’s Government in recent months that of the frontier
between Turkey and Persia in the region of Mohammerah. A hen His Majesty s
Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the Ottoman Government
that question had been dormant for sixty vears, 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 Gyll could be complete
which did not provide for this question, and they regard a satisfactory adjustment of
it as an essential paid 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. Jf 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 Office, 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 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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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