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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.' [‎247v] (519/536)

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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tonnage entered at the port, of Bussorah was
British ; and they have consistently maintained
that a satisfactory settlement of the Bagdad
Kailway question was a necessary condition of
their assent to an increase in the Turkish customs
duties.
. The magnitude of these commercial interests
also clearly rendeyecj it desirable that some
satisfactory agreement as to British participa
tion in the southern section of the Bagdad Bail
way should, if possible, be reached. His Majesty’s
Government find, however, that the question of
participation on terms acceptable to them is
likely to cause the Ottoman Government some
embarrassment, and that the views held on this
point by the two contracting parties are difficult
to reconcile. In these circumstances His Majesty’s
Government, anxious to prove to the Ottoman
Government the sincerity of their desire to reach
a comprehensive understanding without undue
delay or controversy, are prepared to withdraw
their request for British participation in the
railway from Bagdad to Bussorah.
f, . It would be impossible to reconcile British
public opinion to such a step unless His Majesty’s
Government were at the same time able to show
that British interests of whatever character were
fully safeguarded. His Majesty’s Government
consequently feel bound, apart from the territorial
arrangements proposed, to lay down the following
conditions as essential to that end :—
(a.) An arrangement, as set forth in the Draft Conv
accompanying draft convention, for the exclusion tlon ^
of differential treatment on all railways in Asiatic
Turkey, as well as an undertaking explained in a
separate paper as to the treatment of certain
British imports.
(6.) The admission of two British representa
tives to the board of whatever company may
undertake the administration of the railway from
Bag-dad to Bussorah.
(c.) The terminus of the railway to be at
Bussorah.
(d.) No railway to be continued beyond
Bus^orah in the direction of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
without prior agreement with His Majesty’s
Government, and on conditions acceptable to
them.
(e.) A convention to be signed, on the basis Draft Corm
of the accompanying draft, for the future con- tlon
servancy of the Shatt-el-Arab.

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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.' [‎247v] (519/536), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048418272.0x000078> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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