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'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations' [213r] (437/709)
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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Declaration fixing Turko-Persian Frontier.
The Imperial Ottoman Government having examined the
question of the frontier which separates Ottoman and Per
sian territory between Hawizeh and the sea declares that
the frontier must be fixed as follows
The frontier starts at the spot named Umm Shir, where
the Khor-al-Douvil flows into the Khor-al-Azem. Umm Shir
is situated to the East of the spot where the Khor-al-
Muhaisin Joins the Khor-al-Azem 9 miles to the North-West
of Bisaitin, which is situated in latitude 31* 43* 29 M .
Leaving Umm Shir the line runs South-West and reaches
longtitude 45 at the Southern extremity of a small lake
also known as Azem, situated in the Khor-al-Azem at a point
some distance North-West of Shuaib. From this point the
line continues in a southemly direction along the Marsh
as far as latitude 31 which it follows due East up to a
point to the North-East of Kishk-i-Basri, in such a man
ner as to leave that place in Ottoman territory. From here
the line goes in a southerly direction until it cuts the
Nahr-al-Khaiyin at a point situated between the Nahr Daiji
and the Nahr Abuul Arabid, From this point the line fol
lows the course of the Nahr-al-Khaiyin up to its junction
with the Nahr Nazaileh and the Shatt-al-Arab, from whence
it follows the stream of the Shatt-al-Arab to the sea
leaving the waters of that river and all the islands lo
cated therein in Ottoman territory^subject to the follow
ing conditions and exceptions
(a). Appertaining to Persia -;
1. The Island of Muhalla, and the two Islands whidi
lie between it and the left bank of the Shatt-
al-Arab, i.e. the Persian bank of Abadan Island.
The four Islands between Shatait and Ma^wiyeh
and the two islands opposite Manyuhi which are
stxii all dependencies of Abadan Island.
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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)
- 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.
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations'
- Pages
- 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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