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'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [28r] (65/103)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
10^
[A]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA.
[July 9.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 11.
[31489]
No. I.
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.
to Foreign Office.—{Received July 9.)
Sir,
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.
, July 8, 1913.
WITH reference to my letter of the 26th June, and to the counterdraft of an
article providing for extradition arrangements with Turkey which has since been
proposed by Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to inform
you that he is unwilling to agree to any further concession in this matter.
I am to observe that no trouble appears to have arisen in the past between Turkey
and Koweit in regard to extradition, and that the position of Turkey in this respect
will in no way be weakened by the convention. On the other hand, the Marquess of
Crewe regards with grave misgiving any arrangement which will furnish material for
the mischievous activity of the Turkish agent. In this connection I am to enclose copy
of a letter from the
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 Koweit which has been received by this mail, and
from which it will be seen that the sheikh is greatly perturbed at the recognition by
His Majesty's Government of a right on the part of Turkey to send an agent to Koweit.
It is superfluous at this stage to discuss the views of the sheikh and of Major Shakespear,
but it is obviously desirable that the legitimate functions of the Turkish agent should
be as few as possible.
Lord Crewe would therefore suggest that Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
should be informed that
His Majesty's Government must adhere to their own proposal. And in any case the
offences for which extradition is desired should be limited to grave crimes only, and
should not include del its.
I have, &c.
T. W. HOLDERNESS.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox to Government of India.
(Confidential.) Bushire, June 7, 1913.
WITH reference'to my telegram dated the 27th May, 1913, I have the honour to
forward, for the information of the Government of India, a copy of a letter which has
since been received from the
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.
, Koweit, with regard to the attitude of
Sheikh Sir Mubarak-bin-Subah towards the articles of the Anglo-Turkish Convention
concerning Koweit.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Captain Shakespear to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox.
(Confidential.) Koweit, May 28, 1913.
WITH reference to correspondence regarding the Anglo-Turkish negotiations anent
the status of Koweit, ending with your second assistant's endorsement, dated the 20th
May, 1913, and in accordance with your instructions, I have conveyed verbally to
Sheikh Sir Mubarak-bin-Subah a general idea of the trend of the agreement about to be
concluded between the British and Turkish Governments.
2. I visited the sheikh on the day following the receipt of your instructions and
was careful to dwell upon the efforts which His Majesty's Government had made to
secure above all things the autonomy of Koweit, an acknowledgment of our special
relations with its ruler, the recognition as far as possible of the boundaries claimed by
the sheikh and his more practical interests such as a definite pronouncement reerardine:
[2985 i—ll]
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The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between 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, 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. in London, Louis Mallet, Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Trevor, 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 Bahrain, Shaikh Abdalla bin Jasim bin Thani [[Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], Chief of Katar [Qatar], the Government of India, Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bi], ruler of Mohammerah, Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, and the Foreign Office, in London.
The file contains drafts and counter-drafts of an agreement to be eventually signed by the British and the Ottoman Turks. Included is correspondence relating to Percy Cox's attempts to obtain Sheikh Khaz‘al's and Sheikh Mubarak's agreement to the draft agreement, and to concern over the status of Qatar, including the presence of the Turkish Garrison there.
Folio 27 is a list of the sons of Sheikh Jasim, the late ruler of Qatar.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The file 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 file, 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, 11a.The following folios are foldouts: 19, 20, 26, 38, 42a.
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 8v, 11r:11v, 11ar:11av, 12r:12v, 18r:18v, 22r:26r, 26r:26v, 26v:37v, 39r:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:44r, back-i, back
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