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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.' [‎155r] (322/536)

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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' CONFIDENTIAL.
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Draft Memorandum for the Turkish Ambassador.
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Foreign Office,
July , 1912.
HIS Majesty’s Government have already iaitl
Imtem the Imperial Ottoman Government the
great importance which they attach to the
maintenance of the frontier status quo, as locally
observed, in the neighbourhood of Mohammerah.
His Majesty’s Government now have the
honour to explain their views in greater
detail, and they would preface their state
ment by observing that they have not only
re-examined all the evidence, both oral and
documentary, which was laid before the confer
ence of Erzeroum, but they have also had
recourse to the great store of information collected
by the well-known savant Major (afterwards Sir
Henry) Rawlinson, who was well acquainted with
the country, and made a profound study of the
territorial position in the Mohammerah region,
based upon historical facts and the deeds of title
relating to each particular plot of land. Moreover,
> much information, which was not at the disposal
of the Commissioners at Erzeroum, has been
traced in the voluminous records of the East
India Company, who carried on direct trade with
Bussorah from the year 1635. These records are
especially illuminating in regard to the conditions
which actually prevailed on the waters of the
Shatt-el-Arab during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The accompanying maps indicate the line of
the frontier as it has been locally observed^ao fay
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For facility of reference, the line may
be followed, firstly, from the neighbourhood of
Hawizeh to the point where it strikes the Shatt-
el-Arab, and, secondly, along the course of that
river until it reaches the sea.
By reference to the accompanying map No. 1,
the village of Shu’aib will be observed at a point
15f miles on a bearing of 8 degrees north of west
from Hawizeh : it is a settled village of the Beni
Salih, containing some 500 inhabitants living in
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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.' [‎155r] (322/536), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048418271.0x00007b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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