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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.' [‎164v] (341/536)

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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Memo
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(Annex 5).

ment, His Majesty’s Government are not seeking territorial aggrandisement, nor are
they embarking upon any new developments of policy. Their desire is simpb^to
secure the recognition and to ensure the continuance of an order of things whicr;, in
fact, grew up under their auspices and before the appearance of Turkish authority in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and which has been proved by experience to favour the development
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 look 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 which has caused
some concern to His Majesty’s Government in recent months, that of the frontier
between Turkey and Persia in the region of Mohammerah. When His Majesty’s
Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the Ottoman Government
that question had been dormant for sixty years, 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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. could be complete
which did not provide for this question, and they regard a satisfactory adjustment of'
it as an essential part of the present negotiations. They have the honour to
submit a separate memorandum on the subject lor the consideration of the Ottoman
Government.
(iii.) An increase from H pep eeet. te T5 pee eeat.
customs duties.
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18. If 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 isepease ef the Turkish eusteras ha a
period ef seven years from tApril -sd-np aed rkey will also agree re rhe eentinned levy ef ike
existing $ per eeni. easterns inerease fer a similar period, 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.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1 .
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.
Article 2.
Equal expedition shall in all cases be afforded on the said railways to consignments
of traffic of the same description and quantity.
Article 3.
All reasonable facilities shall be provided by the said railways for the interchange
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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.' [‎164v] (341/536), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048418271.0x00008e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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