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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.' [167r] (346/536)
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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rfsefen j years. G ° Vernmeilt intend to ^ to i» the first instance for a period
^ We lmve omitted the original article 18, which was as follows
“The Imperial Ottoman Government will offer no objection to the continuance
on the ground that it^ may be awkward to raise discussion respecting a custom which
has been acquiesced m, if not exp icitly recognised, for a great many years, and
which His Majesty s Government could in no case abandon. ^ .X >
r fGel th u t th f • \ 18 S ° me ri f k that Tnrke y will claim that the present anchorage
of Mohammerah, which is on the Shatt-el-Arab, is within the limits of Turkish
sovereignty though outside the Turkish frontier as locally observed. It would be
desirable, therefore, that the agreement in which the Mohammerah frontier is laid down
should specifically recognise that the Mohamrnerah anchorage is within the Persian
sphere.
We have not inserted a clause to the effect that the British member of the
commission should represent the Sheikh of Mohammerah’s interests, since it appears
more suitable^ to provide for this in some covering document at the time when the
draft Convention is transmitted to the Turkish representatives.
We have, &c.
EDMOND J. W. SLADE
A. HIRTZEL.
GEO. J. STANLEY.
A. G. DALLAS.
C. J. B. HURST.
PERCY ASHLEY.
ALWYN PARKER.
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Enclosure in No. 1 .
Revised Draft Convention for the Establishment of a Shatt-el-Arab 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 agreed as
follows:—
L The 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.
4. Each of the Commissioners shall receive annually a salary of £T. 2,000 free
of all deductions. These salaries shall be paid by the Commission.
5. The Commission shall appoint such officers and employes as may be necessary,
but the Chief Engineer and the Surveyor shall be of British nationality. The salaries
such officers and employes shall be fixed and paid by the Commission.
6 . The Commission shall be charged with the following duties :—
(a.) The execution of such works as may be necessary for the improvement of the
channel of the river and of the approaches thereto on the seaward side.
(b.) The maintenance of the channel of the river free from obstructions of all sorts,
so as to keep it in the best possible state for navigation. _ . .
(c.) The preparation, issue, and enforcement of regulations for the navigation
of the river and for the policing of the river and the land and buildings held by the
Commission.
(d.) The control of pilotage.
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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.
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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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- 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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