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File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait' [90v] (185/674)
The record is made up of 1 volume (333 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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indeed be regarded as a symbol oj ;
British policy in the Persian Gnl. .
Turning now to Mohammera, Lord
Crewe understands that tne Tur^s are
advancing extravagant claims, in the\
hope, by subsequent concessions there,
of obtaining corresponding advantages
elsewhere; and in your letter under
reply the fear is expressed that if
this hope is not realised, and the
case goes to the Hague Tribunal the
result might be even to give to
Turkey the line claimed by Dervisr.
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in 1850, Lord Crewe, as at
ire sent advised, sees no grounds for
such an apprehension* Tnat line
was not accepted by the Mediating
Commissioners, and. His Lo rds ip
imagines that the evidence upon which
they rejec ted i t woula we ig <-
e^ually with the Hague Tribunal,
Moreover, it is clear that ..he Turins
do not greatly trust their own evi
dence, since otherwise they would
not contemplate giving the line
away in negotiation, I would seem
to His Lordship to be more probable
that the Hague Tribunal would fix a
line approximating to that of the
Mediating Commissioners, and" if the
alt rrnat ives are to allow the
consolidation of Turkish auth ority
in El Katr or to deprive the Sheikh\
of Mohanvnera of the district between
the Mediating Commissioners' line
\ j. and
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912.
The correspondence concerns three broad topics:
- Anglo-Turkish negotiations
- proposals of the Turkish Government
- the status of Kuwait.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for these international negotiations.
Further discussion surrounds the Draft Report of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ,and John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (333 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Baghdad 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 335; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/59
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- File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:305v, 307r:310v, 312r:334v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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