'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations'

Content

The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, 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. at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Nicolson, Permanent Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Edward Goschen, British Ambassador to Berlin, the Board of Trade, William Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, the Government of India, the 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. , and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait.

The volume covers the discussion over various matters, with numerous draft conventions and agreements sent back and forth between the various governmental offices and departments. Documents relating to Cox's successful attempts to obtain the acceptance of the agreement from Sheikh Khazal of Mohammerah and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait are also included. The issues discussed as matters for agreement with Turkey include:

• the status of Kuwait, including territorial limits and relations with Britain and Ottoman Turkey;
• the conservancy of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a Navigation Commission;
• the ownership and control of the Baghdad Railway and the question of its extension beyond Basra;
• the boundary between Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. and Persia;
• other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters such as Turkish power and influence in Katr [Qatar] and Bahrain.

Other subjects that feature are Sheikh Mubarak's temporary illness, and reports of the dispatch of Turkish troops to Qatar, contrary to agreements.

Extent and format

1 volume (355 folios)

It is grouped into

‘ROUGH PLAN SHOWING RELATIVE POSITION OF BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 6

‘PLAN SHOWING SHATT EL ARAB FROM KURNA TO BASRA, AND RESPECTIVE POSITIONS APPROXIMATELY OF LYNCH DOCK AT MAGIL, THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT, AND THE TOWN OF BASRA’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 7

‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8

‘MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 25

‘MAP OF THE KUWAIT HINTERLAND’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 46

‘MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY. Annexe V’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 125

‘SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF & ARABIAN COAST’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 126

‘BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’

1 image

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 140

‘MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY. Annexe V’

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/613, f 294

Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. There is an earlier foliation system that runs through the volume, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, as well as the top-left corner of any verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages bearing written or printed matter.The following anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 104b, 278a.The following folios are foldouts: 1 (attached to inside front cover), 14, 15, 25, 46, 66, 82, 83, 89, 92, 125, 126, 208, 218-22, 231, 294, 338, 340.

Written in

English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/613

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 73/7 III Confidential Series: D 24

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

BahrainQatarShatt al ʻArab

People & organisations

Board of AdmiraltyEmir of MohammerahHM Ambassador to FranceHM Ambassador to GermanyEmir of Kuwait

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