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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [216r] (437/540)
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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Contract between the Baghdad Railway Company and the Societe de transports fluviaux
en Orient for lease of steamers and barges to ike Baghdad Railway Company
for the transport of railway material.
Article 1.—The Baghdad Railway Company agree to lease from the Societe
eteamers and lighter barges for the purpose of transporting railway material on
the Tigris, Euphrates and Shatt-el-Arab and their tributaries in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
.
Article The number of vessels hired are not to exceed five steamers and
eighteen lighter barges, except as provided by Article 9 or by agreement between
the parties hereto.
Article 3.—The lease of the said steamers and barges is for such a period as
mav be necessary for the purpose of transporting material in accordance with the
terms set out in"this agreement, but it shall not exceed four complete consecutive
years from the date of delivery of the steamers and barges at Basrah unless other
wise agreed upon by the parties hereto.
Article 4. —At the termination of the lease the steamers and lighter barges
are to be delivered into the possession of the Societe with all their equipment and
stores on board at the time of delivery. After the termination of the transport
of the railwav material the Syndicate is obliged to remove the steamers and barges
from the internal waters of Turkey. In case the Turkish Government should then
or at anv time give permission for the steamers and barges to remain on the iigns,
then they shall not be sold either to the Baghdad Railway Company or ^ Messrs.
Lynch or to any other party for use on the rivers of
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
without the
consent of both parties to this Agreement and also of the Turkish Government.
Article 5.—During the period of this lease th e Ba g h 4 ad ^ ailw fy Co 1 I ?P a f ^
contemplate transporting by the said steamers and barges not less than 150 000
ton? of railway material at the rate of 2,500—3,800 each month for forty-eight
consecutive months.
Article 6.-The Baghdad Railway Company do not undertake to ensure the
steamers and barges, and accept no responsibility for damage.
Article 7 —The Societ« agree to have ready at Basrah three steamers and nine
barges eleven months after date of receipt of notice in writing from the Baghdad
Railway Company and a total of four steamers and eighteen barges fourteen months
after dlte of receipt of notice, leaving the fifth steamer to be provided at some
later date not exceeding six months from date of delivery of the fourth steamer
at Basrah.
Article S.—Strikes or combinations of workmen preventing the delivery of
steamers and barges by builders, or loss in transit by sea to Basrah, to relieve the
Syndicate from liability in respect of delay m delivery of steamers and barges a
Basrah, but they undertake to adopt all possible measures to make up for lost
time arising from such causes.
Article 9 —The Baghdad Railway Company having decided to give a part of
their railVay material to the Turks to transport between Basrah and Baghdad,
such amount being in addition to the 150,000 tons stipulated m this Agreement
it hasTeen specially agreed that if the Anglo-German-Turkish Company be formed
during the period of this Agreement the Baghdad Railway Company will give the
thole of their railway material to the Anglo-German-Turkish Company, and if
rMuired will hire additional steamers and barges from them for its transport at
the same rates and under the same conditions and terms as stipulated if re™.
Should the Anolo -German-Turkish Company not be formed, the whole of this
wtl w*b the exception of one-third, should it be necessary to give this pro-
pOTtion to the Turks, shall likewise^ be given to the Societe at the same rate
and under the same terms and conditions stipulated herein.
AHide 10 -Should the steamers and barges leased to the Baghdad Railway
rmrmanv carry more than 150,000 tons during a period of four years, the excess
tobe paicl for at the same rate and under the same terms and conditions as govern
the 150,000 tons.
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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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