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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [91r] (187/540)
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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Govarmnsnt that this v/ao the terminus Jhioh they vantvd, (but
as it haa now been deoided by the Porte that Duereh is to^^[
be the principal terminus and as it is no./ held that as com
pared with Busreh i^oweit will never find favour v/ith the
comineroial public, provided always that the Bar be dredged,
we have no further active reason for regarding as essen
tial the extension to the Gulf, .All that it is necessary
for us to ensure is that if it is ever decided to be ne
cessary to extend the line to the Gulf, the Gulf terminus
must be at or in i^o'vait limits and no here else and that
we must be predominant there. This at any rate is my
idea of the present position md it folio vs that we should
absolutely set our faces against extAision of the line to
xUior Abdullah unless a site admitted to be in the territory
of the Sheikh of K.c voit ba selected and Bubyan be definitely
relinquished by the xurks.
V/ith the terminus of the Railway in Khor Abdullah in
xurkish limits and with tne extreme tie.- of the ivhor at
Fao and Bubyan in the hands of the xurks situation/ ./hich
;e cannot possibly contemplate j^fould be created/^even if
the Busreh Gulf section be Anglo-Turkish.
I do not think that the feelings of the oheikh of
Emr< need be a matter of serious concern. He ./ould ex-,
pect us if the line came to his territory to safeguard his
interests. He would not greatly regret it if it did not.
On the other hand a Turkish terminus in the khor Abdullah
combined with the retention of Bubyan by the Turks would
llsOwi,
greatly be resented by typa*.
( d ). Qatar•
In my opinion line advocated in the joint minute should ba
adhered, to to the utmost. The Government of India <S^ rare
informed by me in April of the conditions on which I con
sidered that the consolidation of Turkish jurisdiction in
Qatar cOuld possibly be contemplated; but the questions of
the frontier and the status quo in regard to Mohammorah
had not «it that moment come into our discussions with the
Turks. In regard to these questions it is my humble opi
nion
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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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- Title
- '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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