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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [19r] (39/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. 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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Ko. 411, dated Bushire, the 3rd (received the 12th) March i912.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox , K .C .I.E., C.S .I., Political Rfesid^it in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,'Calcutta.
I have the honour to refer to the correspondence ending with Foreign Depart
ment endorsement No. 2356-E. A.^ofthe 21st December 1911, and to recall the
fact that Shaikh Mubarak was consulted by me on behalf of the Government of
India regarding the proposal to communicate to the Porte the details of his engage-
menta with us.
2, In these circumstances, I would ask Government to consider whether it
is not now advisable for us to apprise the Shaikh of the action we have taken.
If the Government of India generally agree that it is expedient to make some
intimation to him, and to do so now, then I would ask them to consider the
precise form of the communication which I am to make.
There would seem to be three courses open to us:—
(1) to inform the Shaikh that the terms of—
(a) the agreement of 23rd January 1899 ;
(&) the arms agreement of 24th May 1900 ;
(c) the postal agreement of the 24th February 1904, as per translations
attached, have been communicated to the Porte who have been
informed that His Majesty's Government hold, moreover, a lease
of land from him,' 5 thus refraining from special mention of the
omission to communicate a copy of Colonel Meade's supple
mentary letter of 23rd January 1899, or the substitution for it of
the observations contained in the second paragraph of Sir
Edward Grey's communication to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, dated 24th
October;
(2) to include a quotation of these latter observations in our written
communication;
(3) to quote them verbally, simultaneously with the communication
suggested in (1).
3, If the general negotiations with the Porte were likely soon to be brought
to a conclusion, it might not be considered necessary to make any communication
to Shaikh Mubarak at present, pending that development; but the danger is that
he may conceivably learn details in the meanwhile from Turkish sources or be
pressed for further information by the Basrah authorities, in which case he might
presume that we had communicated to the Porte more than we had, and be led
by want of precise details into making inconvenient disclosures.
4. I shall be taking an early opportunity to proceed to Kuwait to carry out
the instructions of Government with regard to the presentation of the Shaikh's
recent decoration, and it would be convenient to me to know the views and wishes
of Government in ,the connection under reference before leaving. I, therefore,
solicit a telegraphic reply.
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- Content
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. 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, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, 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 several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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