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'File 53/6 (D 2) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899' [273r] (543/554)
The record is made up of 1 volume (280 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1898-2 Aug 1899. 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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Received with letter from Secretary, Political and Secret Department, No. 29,
dated the 30th June 1899.
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter of 20th May 1899.
ASIATIC TURKEY. [May 1.]
CONEIDENTIAL. S ection 2.
No, 1.
Sir N. 0''Conor to the Marquess of Salisbury.—{Ueoeived May 1.)
(No. 207. Confidential.)
My Lord, Constantinople, April 27, 1899.
With reference to my despatch No. 19Confidential, of the 20tli
instant, regarding the negotiations proceeding between M. Reclmitzer and the
Sublime Porte for the grant of a Concession for a railroad from the Syrian
coast to the Persian Gnlf, I learn from the Austrian Ambassador that
M. Rechnitzer, who appears to be a Concession hunter by profession, has
applied to him for official support on the strength of a recommendation from
the Austrian Eoreign Office, and that His Excellency has offered to give him
a letter to the. Porte, stating that he is recommended by his Government and
is backed by a strong financial Syndicate.
The inclosed Memorandum gives an account of an interview which Mr.
Weakley has had with M. Rechnitzer. The Memorandum contains some
interesting details of the course of the negotiations during the period when
the Concession was sought in Count Kapnist's name. That gentleman has
now informed the Porte that he has ceased to have any interest in the scheme,
and has declared M. Rechnitzer to be the real applicant for the Concession.
M. Rechnitzer's proposals have been carefully examined at the Ministry
^of Public Works, where certain modifications were agreed to, and the scheme,
as amended, is now under consideration at the Palace. It embraces the cons
truction of a line from Alexandretta to some point not yet determined on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, passing through Aleppo, Deir, Bagdad, and Basrah, and a branch
line from Bagdad to Nedjef Tesherif via Kerbela.
M. Rechnitzer is informed that the Sultan is disposed to grant the desired
Concession on condition that the scheme is made to include the construction
of a line connecting the new railway with the Anatolian system, running
from Koniah to some point between Alexandria and Aleppo, whereby through
connection would be established with Constantinople.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) N. R. O'CONOR.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Memorandum by Mr. Weakley.
(Confidential.)
In continuation of my Memorandum of the 18th instant, I have to report
that I have seen M. Rechnitzer, from whom I have obtained the following
particulars regarding Count Kapnist's railway scheme.
1
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This file contains correspondence between various British officials (and correspondence directly between British officials and members of the Al Sabah ruling family of Kuwait including Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ) concerning the nature of the relationship between the British Government and Kuwait.
This correspondence discusses whether or not Kuwait should be made a British protectorate and Kuwait's relationship with the Ottoman state and other foreign powers. A copy and translation (into English) of a secret agreement made between Shaikh Mubārak and the British government is contained on folios 42-43.
The recognition of Shaikh Mubārak as ruler of Kuwait (Mubārak murdered the previous ruler, his brother Mohammed, in 1896) is also discussed.
The file also contains detailed correspondence regarding a scheme, proposed by a Russian named Count Kapnist, to construct a railway line between Tripoli and Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (280 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on ff 1a-2. The page numbers used in this index relate to the foliation sequence in the file that is printed with a mechanical stamp.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier, possibly original, foliation sequence that runs through the volume, using a mechanical stamp.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 163a, 163b. Folios 258 and 259 are in reverse arrangement.
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- English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 'File 53/6 (D 2) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:3v, 1ar:1av, 2r:2v, 4r:23r, 24v:41v, 43r:66r, 66r, 67r:76v, 78r:79v, 82r:115v, 117r:117v, 119r:119v, 121r:123v, 125r:126r, 127r, 128r, 130r:132v, 134r:137v, 139r:144v, 145v:162v, 163ar:163bv, 164r:175v, 177r:177v, 179r:182v, 184r:214v, 217r:233r, 234r:235v, 237r:238v, 240r:241v, 245r:249r, 250r, 251r:277v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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