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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.' [249r] (522/536)
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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Memorandum.
attitude which led to the declaration made
by the Marquess of Lansdowne in the House
of Lords on the 5th May, 1903, that “ His Majesty’s
Government would regard the establishment of
a naval base, or of a fortified port, in the Persian
Gulf by any other Power as a very grave menace
to Liitish interests, and they should certainly
resist it with all the means at their disposal.”
/3plrs Majesty s Government have no wish to
foi mulate excessive demands. Their desire is
simply to ensure the continuance of an order of
things which has been proved by experience to
favour the development of trade and the main
tenance of peace in a region which, but for
long-sustained British intervention, would have
remained the scene of continual piracy and
bloodshed.
/■j/1 hey feel persuaded that the Ottoman Govern
ment 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.
A7„ 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.
They feel, however, that no settlement could be
complete which did not provide for this question,
and theymave the honour to submit ja separate
memorandum on the subject for the consideration
of the Ottoman Government.
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(hi.) An increase from 11 percent, to 15 per cent
ad valorem in the Turkish customs duties.
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 further increase of the Turkish customs for
a period of seven years from April 1914, and they
will also agree to the continued levy of the
existing 3 per cent, customs increase for a similar
period.
till
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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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- 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.'
- Pages
- 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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