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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.' [‎161r] (334/536)

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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9. The Commission shall have the sole right to levy any dues or eharo-es that n.nv
he found necessary to cover the expenses of worV« Ill 1 r i o ; +O i ^ 3 cnarges that may
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by it. In the event of such dues being found necessary they shall not exceed the
amounl teasonab y required for the above purposes, including the administration of the
Commission, and their produce shall be exclusively applied thereto, any surplus beW
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10 Any dues or charges levied by the Commission shall be levied impartially and
equitably m respect of all vessels, whatever be the places from or to which they Live
or depart, or the nations or persons to which the vessels or their cargoes belong
Similarly there shall be no differentiation in the matter of facilities between vessels or
gooc s ok dinerent nations or persons* or between vessels arriving from or departing to
dliterent iDluces. ^
, 1L Any stims which it may become necessary for the Commission to borrow for
the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed upon it shall be advanced by the hiVh
contracting parties at the rate of interest not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, in such
piopoitions and upon such terms as to repayment as they may BUTange.
12 . The control of all funds raised and expended by the Commission shall be vested
exclusively m the Commission.
13. the Commission shall publish annually complete and accurate accounts,
showing the amounts received and expended by it.
14. If the receipts of the Commission are insufficient to cover its ordinary
expenditure the deficit shall be made good by the Imperial Ottoman Government.
15. In the event of the members of the Commission being unable to agree as
to whether any particular works are or are not necessary for the improvement of the
Shatt-el-Arab, or as to the way in which particular works should be carried out.
the question shall be referred by them to an engineer of repute, to be agreed upon
by the pommissioners, or, _ failing agreement, to be nominated by the president of
the Institute of Civil Engineers in London, and the decision of such engineer shall
be adopted by the Commission.
16. The Commission shall correspond upon all matters connected with the duties
entrusted to it with the Sublime Porte direct, and not through the local authorities.
17. The local authorities shall not interfere in any way with the houses, buildings,
land, or other property of the Commission, or with its funds, or with the discharge of
their duties by the officers of the police, pilotage, or other services maintained by
the Commission, or with wharves, jetties, docks, or quays in or on the hanks of the
river belonging to private persons.
18. The transfer to the Commission of any buoys or lights in the approaches to the
Shatt-el-Arab shall not be deemed to affect the territorial jurisdiction in the waters
where such buoys or lights are placed, or be made a ground on the part of the
Imperial Ottoman Government for claiming that such waters are within, its territorial
jurisdiction, nor shall anything in this Convention be deemed to give the Commission
power to exercise jurisdiction or to carry out duties or to hold land outside the limits of
the Ottoman Empire without the consent of the territorial Power, or to affect the
operation or the interpretation of the provisions of any treaty or arrangement prescribing
or defining the limits of the said Empire.
19. This agreement shall be binding during twenty-one years from the day of its
signature. In case neither of the contracting parties shall have given notice to
the other, twelve months before the expiration of the said period of twenty-one years,
of the intention to terminate the agreement, it shall remain in force until the expiration
of one year from the day on which either of the contracting parties shall have
denounced it.

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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.

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.

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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.' [‎161r] (334/536), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048418271.0x000087> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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