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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [193r] (391/540)
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 ppendix.
Government of India to the Marquess of Crewe.
(Private).
(Telegraphic). (Not printed.) May 29, 1912.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the
Division of the Chief of the Staff).
(Received on the 15th July 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 26, dated the
28th June 1912).
{Copy).
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [June 17.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 3.
[25548] No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received June 17.)
(No. 488.)
g IR) Constantinople, June 8,1912,
W ith reference to your despatch No. 226 of the 28th May last, I have the
honour to forward herewith a memorandum from the commercial attache to this
embassy reporting on. the present negotiations between the customs and the Bagh
dad Railway authorities as to construction, etc., of new premises at Baghdad.
I have, etc.,
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Memorandum hy Mr. Weakley respecting Baghdad Customs.
[Foreign Office despatch No. 226 of the 28th May, 1912, transmitting letter from
the Board of Trade of the 24th May, 1912.'
F rom enquiries made at the customs, it would appear that, beyond an ex
change of views between the department and M. Hugenin, the director-general of
the Anatolian and Baghdad Railways, no attempt has yet been made to enter into
serious negotiations relative to the construction of the new customs premises and
warehouses at Baghdad. The railway company have arranged to prepare plans
of the proposed buildings, and, until these have been submitted to and examined
by the administration, no further steps are likely to be taken for the present.
It is not possible, therefore, at the present moment, to define the basis on which
.negotiatians will take place ; I understand, however, that the customs are disposed
to agree to hand over all the warehousing of goods—goods for local consumption
as well as those in transit—to the railway company, in accordance with the stipula
tions of articles 23 and 24 of the Baghdad Railway Convention of the 5th March,
1903, but on the condition—
1. That goods intended for Baghdad are transported across the river to the
town side by the railway company free of charge.
2. That goods shall enjoy free warehousing for the first eight days after
landing and storing.
3. That storage dues shall only be levied after that period.
4. That the " ardieh, " or progressive warehousing charge levied in customs
depots, shall be abolished as far as Baghdad is concerned.
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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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