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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [163v] (332/540)
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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of trade and the maintenance of peace in a region which British
intervention, would have remained the scene of continual pir y u e
X6. They feel persuaded that the Ottoman Government will not oppose the
continuance of the political stains quo of a hundred years, ^ d ^ e y
confidently to a complete adjustment of the questions enumerated, and to the improved ^
relations which cannot fail to ensue. . „ w u- v paused
17. As the Ottoman Government are aware, there is a q l ' estl " n ^
some concern to His Majesty's Government ^recent months, that ®
between Turkey and Persia in the region of Mohammerah. When His Majesty s
Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the ^
that question had been dormant for sixty years, and His aje 7 , bevond
no desire to raise it. Now however that it has been raised, by S
their control, they feel that no settlement m the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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which did not provide for this question, and th .% re g arda to
it as an essential part of the present negotiations. Piey Ottoman
Sum submit a se P al ' ate memorandum on the subject for the consideration of the Ottoman
(Annex 5). Government.
(iii.) Aii increase in the Turkish customs duties.
18. If the Ottoman Government are prepared to conclude an agreement in the sense
of this memorandum, and to concur in the removal of the existing veto on the
borrowing powers of Egypt, then, subject to the assent of the other Powers, Mis
Maiesty's Government will consent to the maintenance for a period of seven years,
counting from six months after the date of such agreement, of the increase m the
general rate of customs duty leviable on British goods on importation into the Ottoman
Empire from 8 per cent, to 11 per cent, ad valorem which was agreed to m 1907, and
also to the further increase of this general rate of customs duty from 11 per cent, to
15 per cent, ad valorem for the same period.
Foreign Office, July 18, 1912.
ANNEX 1.
HIS Majesty's Government wish to mention a question to which they attach great
importance, but to which they have not referred m this memorandum.
His Majesty's Government desire to secure that the duties leviable upon certain
classes of cotton yarns and manufactures shall in no case exceed certain rates to
be agreed upon. • i ^ i
His Majesty's Government will furnish the Ottoman Government, with the least
possible delay, with a schedule specifying these classes of goods and the duties to be
applied to them.
Foreign Office.
ANNEX 2.
Draft Articles for a Convention between the British and Ottoman Governments in
respect of Railways in Asiatic Turkey.
A bticle 1.
NO discrimination of any kind shall be exercised on any portion of the railways,
connecting Bagdad with other places in Asiatic Turkey, or on any of the branches
thereof, in respect of traffic passing over the said railways, whatever may be its origin
or destination.
The word " traffic " in this and the following articles shall apply to passengers and
their luggage, goods, animals, and things conveyed on the railways, and carriages^,
"waggons, and other vehicles adapted for running on the railways.
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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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