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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [62r] (129/540)
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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(Received on 8th April 1912, with Politica
March 1
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [March 12.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2.
No. 1.
[No. 9319] Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Lowther.
(No. 99.)
Sir, Foreign Office, March 12, 1912.
I have received your Excellency's despatch No 173 of the 28th ultimo
relative to the state of business at the custom-house at Baghdad, which necessitates
an immediate settlement of the question of the construction of the new buildings.
I entirely recognise the urgency of the situation as revealed in your Excel
lency's despatch, and clearly understand that, unless the present congestion is
relieved without delay, the Customs administration may find themselves obliged
to come to terms with the Baghdad Railway Company.
In view, however, of the fact that the reply of the Turkish Government to the
proposals of His Majesty's Government, contained in their memorandum of July
1911, is expected to arrive immediately, I trust that it may be found possible to
defer any action of the kind indicated, at least till I have had the opportunity of
considering that document.
I am, etc.,
E. GREY.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the
Division of the Chief of the Staff.)
{Received on 8th April 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 12, dated 22nd
March 1912.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. (M arch 12.]
CONFIDENTIA lT Section 1.
[10800] No. 1.
Board of Trade to Foreign Office.—{Received March 12.)
(Secret).
Board of Trade, March 12, 1912.
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 9th February, transmitting copy of a despatch from His Majesty's
Ambassador at Constantinople with regard to the effect upon British commercial
interests of a suggested modification of the trace of the Baghdad Railway, and to
offer the following observations thereon for Sir E. Grey's consideration :—
1. As by far the greater part of the transit trade from Baghdad into Persia by
the Khanikin route is British or British-Indian, and is in classes of goods with
which German trade in Persia does not seriously compete, the Board cannot
doubt that the construction of a railway, replacing the present inadequate means
of transport, would be of substantial benefit to British trade. That it would be
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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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