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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [110r] (225/540)
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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replied in the negative to my enquiry whether he had seen a telegram from
Constantinople that had been published in the papers stating that proposals
were being put forward by the Sublime Porte to give England, Prance, Germany
and Turkey 25 % each in the Gulf section, and to eliminate Russia. He also
asked whether I had any official confirmation of the matter.
In reply I said that I was only curious to know His Excellency's opinion
of the idea mentioned, and that I had no knowledge in regard to the Turkish
counter-proposals.
M. Sazonof was inclined to think that the acceptance of such a proposal
would be a mistake, as the Triple Entente would be deprived of the
predominant control of the Gulf section. The matter would, he said, require
very careful consideration. In his opinion, therefore, the participation of
Russia would be preferable. The only argument in favour of the Turkish
idea was that Germany might be excluded from the Trans-Persian Railway
if Russia were excluded from the Gulf section.
Unless I question M. Sazonof officially I fear that I cannot extract a
clearer exposition of his views. Please refer to my despatch No. 110. It will
not be forgotten that in April 1911 this Government strongly advocated their
participating in the Gulf section of the railway.
(Received on the 27tli May 1912 with Political Secretary's letter No. 19, dated the 10th May
1912.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [IBth April.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 2.
[15552] No. 1.
Sir G. Buchanan to Sir Edward Grey—(Received 13th April).
No. 144. St. Petersburgh,
(Telegraphic.) 13th April 1912.
Your despatch No. 107 of 4th April: Baghdad Railway.
In the conversation reported in my telegram No. 121 of 27th March, I
gave Russian Minister for Poreign Affairs to understand that I was speaking
entirely on my own account and not under instructions.
I would prefer, therefore, not to revert to it, and to postpone replying to
his argument till I am instructed to make an official communication to him on
the subject of our negotiations with Turkey. My doing so at present would not,
I think, serve any useful purpose, and I should be somewhat embarrassed were
he to put questions to me as to the admission or non-admission of Russia to a
share in the Gulf section.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the
Division of the Chief of the Staff.)
(Received on the 27th May 1912 with Political Secretary's letter No. 19, dated the 10th May
1912.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [22nd April.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 3.
[16796]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey—(Received 22nd April).
]Jo. 309. Constantinople,
14th April 1912.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that I received recently from His Majesty's
Consul-General at Baghdad a telegram stating that he had received private
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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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- 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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