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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [25v] (52/540)
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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24
at Easrah, on the other hand, it would seem more appropriate that the
construction should be conceded to the proposed International Company.
I have, etc.,
GEO. J. STANLEY.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Poreign Office.
{Received on the oth February 1912 with Political Secretary's letter No. 3,
dated the 19th January 1912.)
(Telegram P.)
S ir E. G rey to S ir G. L owthbr,
No. 18.
Foreign Office,
16th January 1912.
Please refer to your commercial telegram of 12th instant, No. 2-Commer
cial, regarding the dredging of the Basrah Bar.
The Board of Trade are being consulted by us regarding the status of
Messrs. Priestman, but as we have approved the attitude of Mr. Green way,
who represents the Anglo-Algerian Steam-ship Company, and who is not
prepared to undertake the work (see the despatch from His Majesty's Consul
at Basrah, No. 55, dated the 31st October) unless an Anglo-Turkish Commis
sion is appointed for the supervision and levying of tolls it would hardly be
equitable, without such a commission, to encourage another British firm to
step in.
As the best course, the Turkish Government should be urged to send a
reply to our memorandum of last July and you should express the hope that
the Ottoman Ambassador will soon be authorised to send in a reply. Mean
while, His Majesty s Consul at Basrah should be instructed by vou not to
press the matter. Should there beany indication of a foreign firm obtaining
the contract, he should inform us immediately.
{Received on the 19th February 1912 with Political Secretary's letter No. 5,
dated the 2nd February 1912.)
Foreign Office,
Immediate and Confidential. ^ Jannary 1912 -
(1591-12)
Sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge thereceint of
your letter No. C.-95 of the 10th instant relative (1) to a proposal to replace
the present ad valorem system of customs duties in Turkey by a specific tariff
and (2) lo a proposal that the Baghdad Tlailway Company should be allowed to
construct customs buildings and to exploit bonded warehouses at Baghdad and
±>asran.
On the first proposal, Sir E. Grey is in agreement with the views
expressed in your letter ; but he is disposed to think and would be "lad tn
karn whether the Board of Trade concur that His Majesty's Government
should not assent to the change m question unless the conditions laid down
<x, JP munic ated to the Turkish Ambassador on Julv
29th, 1911 (respecting the increase in the customs from 11 per cent, to 15
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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.
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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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