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'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations' [4r] (15/709)
The record is made up of 1 volume (355 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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21
Snclosure 2 in No. 1.
Summary of f ork done on the Baghdad Railway.
The construction of the Bghdad Railway has proceeded steadily during the
years 1910-12. The line beyond Ulu Kishla has been laid to within a few kilo
metres of Bozanti, and will probably be opened to traffic in 1913. Between
Bozanti and Dorak work is proceeding on the tunnels through the Taurus, of
which there will be at least tea, the longest being one of 3 kilom. some ISkilom.
beyond Bozanti. There is a daily train service on the section of 140 kilom.
.from Dorak to Mamureh, via Yenijeh, Adana, Missis, Hamidieh, Toprak Kaleh
and Osmanieh, which was opened to traffic in April 1912. Considerable progress
has been made on the short but difficult section from Mamureh to Baghcheh,
which should be ready for traffic in 1913. Near Baghcheh a tunnel of 5 kilom., of
which about Ij kilom. have been completed, is being made through the Amanus.
It is stated that the Taurus and Amanus tunnels will be finished in 1915.
Work is also proceeding on the branch line from Toprak Kaleh to Alexandretta,
about 70 kilom. in length, tvhich is unlikely to be ready for traffic before the
end of 1913.
When the branch line to Alexandretta is opened, it is probable that the pro
duce of the eastern section of the Cilician Plain, most of which is at present ex
ported from Ayas, will be exported from Alexandretta.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the Divi
sion of the Chief of the Stiff).
{Received on the 27th Jamary 1913, with Political Secretary's letter No. 2, dated
the 10th January 1913.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [December 30.]
CONFIDENTIilL. S ection 1.
[55515]
No. 1.
Sir E. Gosch&j to Sir Edward Grey. —{Received December 30).
No. 532.) Berlin, December 24th, 1912.
Sir,
With reference to ny despatch No. 525 of the I7th instant, I have the honour
to report that the paprs here announce that a new section of the Baghdad Rail
way, 32 miles long, wlich runs from Ulu Kishla, north-west of the Taurus Moun
tains, over the summt of the Taurus Pass to Karapuna, at the entrance of the
Great Tshakit Gorge, was opened to traffic on the 21st instant. Karapuna is
about 25 miles from ])orak in Cilicia, which is the western terminus of the section
opened to traffic last April. The section between Karapuna and Dorak will, it is
stated, not be completed for some time, as there are some extremely difficult tunnels
to be constructed.
I have, &c.,
W. E. GOSCHEN.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the Divi
sion of the Chief oi the Staff).
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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.
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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.
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