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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.' [158v] (329/536)
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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Draft Con
vention
(/Ynnex 3),
Government, to the board of whatever company may undertake the cmstruetion or
working of the railway from Bagdad to Bussorah.
(c.) The terminus of the railway to be at Bussorah.
(d.) No railway to be continued beyond Bussorah in the direction of the Persian
Gulf without prior agreement with His Majesty’s Government, and on conditions'
acceptable to them.
(<?.) A convention to he signed, on the basis of the accompanying draft, for the
future conservancy of theShatt-eL-Arab. This convention must be read in conjunction
'memorandum^1rrtm^-3iyf Tifated hekwi will yhortly-bo oommunicatod to-^ic-
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on the subject of the frontier of Mohammerah.
(/.) An undertaking that permission should, be given for three British steamers to
navigate between Bagdad and Bussorah in addition to the number already allowed.
b
Memo
randum
(Annex 4).
(ii.) The respective interests of Great Britain and Turkey in the region of the
Persian Gidf.
7 . His Majesty’s Government note with satisfaction that the Turkish Government
renounce their claims to Bahrein on conditions which there should be no difficulty in
accepting, but they have learnt with disappointment the attitude of the Imperial
Ottoman Government in regard to El Katr and Kioweit; nevertheless they do not
doubt that the Ottoman Government will appreciate the important sacririce made by
His Majesty’s Government in the matter of British participation in the Bagdad Railway,
and that they will meet that sacrifice by a corresponding modification of the views set
forth in the Turkish memorandum of the 15th April.
8 . His Majesty’s Government must in the J first instance protest against the con
tention that there is a misunderstanding with regard 1 to k the assurance given, and
repeatedly given, to Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, to the effect that
Turkey .did not entertain any intention of obtaining the supremacy over Bahrein,
Muscat, or the independent tribes on the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
9. The original despatches, duly signed and dated, in which these assurances
were reported, have been carefully preserved in the archives of the Foreign Office, and
they can readily be produced for the inspection of the Turkish Embassy.
10 . His Majesty’s Government maintain that prior to Midhat Pasha’s expedition
there were on the Arabian coast no symbols of Turkish authority, no Turkish jurisdiction
or occupation, effective or ineffective. And while they are now prepared to recognise
Turkish sovereignty between the southernmost limits of Koweit (as hereinafter defined)
and Ojeir, they are unable to admit that any of the arguments adduced in the Turkish
memorandum in any way invalidates the statement that south of Ojeir, in the district
of El Katif, there is no trace of Turkish power ever having been paramount; and they
are fully persuaded that El Katr has never been locally regarded as forming part of,
or indeed as being subject to the influence of, the Ottoman Empire.-
For themselves, relying no less on the obvious facts than on the Turkish assurances
mentioned above, they have never so regarded it, and they have repeatedly informed
the! Porte accordingly.
All. His Majesty’s Government can only reiterate their opinion that any lasting
settlement between the two Powers must provide for the definite renunciation by
the Ottoman Empire of the whole of the peninsula ol El Katr, including El Bidaa.
They have, consistently opposed any consolidation of Turkish authority, which first
attempted to assert itsell so recently as 1870, and they are bound to continue that
opposition.
12 . The Turkish memorandum of the 15th April does not afford His Majesty’s
Government all the information which they consider essential to a due appreciation
of the attitude of the Turkish Government respecting Koweit. His Majesty’s
Government are concerned to ensure the continuance of the local government of the
Sheikh of Koweit, as defined in their memorandum of the 29th July, 1911, which
incontestably forms part of the status quo. Further, His Majesty’s Government would
be fully prepared to recognise Turkish suzerainty over Koweit and indeed to recognise
the Sheikh as a Turkish kaimakam, but they attach cardinal importance to the islands
of Warba and Bubiyan being admitted by Turkey to be within the confines of Koweit,
to the withdrawal of the Turkish military post from Bubiyan, and to a recognition
of the limits of Koweit in accordance with the indications contained in the accompanying
memorandum.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 9r:22v, 25r:31v, 38r:38v, 40r:42v, 47r:63v, 65r:68v, 73r, 77r:78v, 87r:88r, 90r:106r, 108r:108v, 111r:146r, 150r:159v, 162r:164r, 166r:212v, 215r:255v, back-i
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