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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [164r] (333/540)
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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A rticle 2.
Equal expedition shall in all cases be afforded on the said railways to consignments
of traffic of the same description and quantity.
A rticle 3.
All reasonable facilities shall be provided by the said railways for the interchange
O-t traffic; and each railway shall afford all due and reasonable facilities and accommoda
tion for exchanging, receiving, forwarding, and delivering such traffic without any
unreasonable delay.
A rticle 4.
No special rates or facilities shall be accorded by any of the said railways in respect
of any goods carried from or to any of the ports of Asiatic Turkey which shall not be
accorded equally to all goods of a like character and carried in similar quantities on the
same route, irrespective of the nationality or ownership of the vessels by which they are
conveyed, or to be conveyed, to or from such ports; and no special arrangement in respect
of rates or facilities lor traffic shall be made by any of the said railways with any
shipping undertaking trading to or from any port of Asiatic Turkey which shall not
equally, and under like conditions, extend to all other shipping undertakings so
trading.
A rticle 5.
Any complaints which may be brought to the notice of the Imperial Ottoman
Government by His Britannic Majesty's Government, in respect of the treatment of
traffic of any kind under the provisions of the foregoing articles, shall immediately be
communicated by the Imperial Ottoman Government to the railway administration or
administrations concerned, and, unless settled to the satisfaction of the two Governments
within three months, be forthwith referred to the International Court of Arbitration at
The Hague, which shall have power to determine the matter finally and to award
damages. Any determination or award of the International Court of Arbitration shall
be immediately enforced by the Imperial Ottoman Government, and any damages
awarded shall be paid by the Imperial Ottoman Government to His Britannic Majesty's
Government to be dealt with at their discretion.
A rticle 6.
Any difference as to the interpretation or carrying out of this convention shall,
unless settled to the satisfaction of the two Governments within three months, be
referred for determination to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
ANNEX 3.
Draft Convention for the Establishment of a Shatt-el-Arab Navigation Commission.
THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of His Imperial
Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, being desirous on account of the magnitude of their
interests in the trade on the Shatt-el-Arab to improve the navigation of that river,
and to diminish the risks to which commerce thereon is exposed, have agreed as
follows:— :
1. The navigation of the Shatt-el-Arab shall remain open to the ships of all
nations. j q
2. The Imperial Ottoman Government will establish a Commission in which shall <--p
be vested the control of the Shatt-el-Arab from Kurna to the sea. \™/c C
3. The Commission shall consist of two members only, to be appointed by the ^ '
Imperial Ottoman Government. One of these two members shall be of British
nationality, and shall be selected from candidates suggested by the Government of His Q- 0^4
Britannic Majesty. £/, r- o 7
[2546 s—1] C
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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