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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.' [‎147r] (306/536)

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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Aeticle 2.
Equal expedition shall m all cases be affnr*rl#irl r\r< « ‘u •!
^ of traffic of the same description and quantity. 1 railwa 3 rs to consignments
Aeticle 3.
of traffic fanTeach “y'shauiffoXl due ^ the illtercha ^
tion for exchanging, receding n nf dT 011 " 6 fac ! lltles ^ d accommodt-
unreasonable delay. S ’ t 01 wardm g’ and del.yermg such traffic without any
Aeticle 4.
fcoXfhairF“fof'heTort^ASifTtSywhuTSin noTbe
same routed i^r^peetive^of th^nhionhlty'or^omi^hljj rf theVefflrfs by'whichThev are
of X ^ ''“/T*"*
equally^ amf^ncffir^ik ^”^!^ 0 ° r ^ T p0rt of Asiati « TurkeyTS shall not
trading! k COndltlons ’ extend to aI1 other shipping undertakings so
Aeticle 5.
Any complaints which may be brought to the notice of the Imperial Ottoman
tX ofanv find 18 d^T 10 Ma j? s ^'' s Government, in respect of tlf treatmenrof
communffiated bv the T 1 2 3 P r °™ 10ns oP the foregoing articles, shall immediately be
_ _ iicated by the Imperial Ottoman Government to the railway administration or
adnnmstrations concerned and, unless settled to the satisfaction of the two Governments
TWHa b 166 m °? tbs > be fophwrth referred to the International Court of Arbitration at
The Hague which shall have power to determine the matter finally and to award
damages. Any determination or award of the International Court of Arbitration shall
alrdeTtdfvT en nu ed u by T the ? m P erial Ottoman Government, and any damages
waided shall be paid by the Imperial Ottoman Government to His Britannic Majesty’s
Government to be dealt with at their discretion. J ^
Aeticle 6.
ny difference as to the interpretation or carrying out of this convention shall,
un ess settled to the satisfaction of the two Governments within three months be
referred lor determination to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague. ’
ANNEX 3 .
D? aft Convention for the Establishment of a Shatt-el-A.vab Navigation Commission.
_ THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of His Imperial
Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, being desirous on account of the magnitude of their
interests in the trade on the Shatt-el-Arab to improve the navigation of that river,
and to diminish the risks to which commerce thereon is exposed, have aoreed as
follows:—
1. I he navigation of the Shatt-el-Arab shall remain open to the ships of all
nations.
2 . The Imperial Ottoman Government will establish a Commission in which shall
be vested the control of the Shatt-el-Arab from Kurna to the sea.
3. The Commission shall consist of two members only, to be appointed by the
Imperial Ottoman Government. One of these two members shall be of British
nationality, and shall be selected from candidates suggested by the Government of His
Britannic Majesty.
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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:

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.' [‎147r] (306/536), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048418271.0x00006b> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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