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'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations' [148v] (308/709)
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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de tonnage, d'emballage et de Vitesse, le regime h appliquer restera le m^me,
quelque soit:
{a) le lieu d'origine des marchandises import^es en Turquie;
{b) le lieu de destination des marchandises exportees hors de Turquie;
(c) le lieu d'origine et de destination des marchandises transitant par la
Turquie. r
JParagraphe IIL
Le Gouvernement Imperial garantit que :
La Society du Chemin-de-fer de Bagdad ne pourra eonclure avec une
Soci6te de na\ igation frequentant un ou plusieurs ports maritimes desscrvis
par son reseau, des arrangements particuliers relatifs a certaines categories
de marchandises importees ou exportees par ces ports, sans que ces arrange
ments ne soient de plein droit applicables a toutes les autres Societes ^e
navigation important ou exportant les tnemes categories de marchandises, par ^
les memes ports et dans les memes conditions, les mots de " memes conditions * %
ayant la meme signification qu'au paragraphe ler.
(Received on the 5th May 1913 with Political Secretary's letter No. 16, dated the 18th April
1913.)
IMMEDIATE.
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.
, Whitehall,
P. 1440. London, S. W.;
17th April 1913.
Sir, r
In forwarding the enclosed copies of telegrams exchanged with the
To Government of India, 7th April. Government of India, I am directed by
o=r. "o'f S; ll h 1$ ^ ° f sta J e f0 , r India t0 9a y
. . . < that, though he fears that the recognition
of Turkish jurisdiction over the island of Zakhnuniya and the coast between
Ojair and a point opposite that island may lead to some friction in the future,
he is prepared to agree to this concession, on the conditions recommended by
the Government of India, provided that a thoroughly satisfactory agreement is
reached with the Turkish Government on all other points.
A copy of the correspondence referred to in the telegram - of the 14th
instant was sent to your Department on 9th June 1909.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. W. Holdeeness.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
Telegram P., dated the 5th (received 6th) May 1913.
Prom—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
Mohammerah. Eeference your telegram, dated the 1st instant. Settle-
ment purports to fix frontier as recognised locally. Question at issue is there-
tore pure y one of fact and this Hakki admits. His Majesty's Government
obviously cannot support Shaikh's claim if Boundary Commissioners find that
land between Nahr Nazaileh and Diaiji was on 1st January "effectively
occup i ed and administered by Ottoman authorities," but evidence produced by
Wilson and Cox is so strong that we regard proviso as mere pro forma and
intimation may be given to Shaikh as above.
*
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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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- 1 volume (355 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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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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- Title
- 'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1r:1v, 1br:1dv, 2r:5v, 9r:13v, 16r:24v, 26r:45v, 47r:57r, 58r:76v, 77ar:77av, 77r:88v, 90r:91v, 93r:102v, 103v, 103r, 104r:104v, 104br:104bv, 105r:124v, 127r:137v, 142r:226v, 228r:249v, 251r:266v, 269r:278v, 278ar:278av, 279r:293v, 295r:323r, 324r:334r, 335r:340v, 341v:350v, 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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