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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [217r] (439/540)
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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3. Messrs. Lynch Brothers undertake to run the steamers and barges in such
a manner as to transport from Basrah to Baghdad the railway material required
by the Baghdad Railway Company at the rate as near as may be of 2,500—3 500
tons per month and, m the event of a minimum quantity of 2,000 tons not being
delivered m any one month, excepting for causes hereinafter mentioned, the Bagh
dad Railway Company have the right to deduct 3 Rs. per ton from the rate
agreed on the amount of material short delivered.
• + tl M r S ff- L r cl1 ^ rothers a g ree t0 receiv e as much material as is possible
into the lighters from the sea steamers or from shore at Basrah, but they do
not undertake to receive a larger quantity than 4,000 tons in one month and
stipulate that not less than 3,000 tons per month should always be at Basrah
every month. The Baghdad Railway Company undertake to arrange with the
agents or owners of sea steamers bringing the material to Basrah that the lighters
should be loaded under the orders and directions of the officers of Messrs Lynch
Brothers m order to prevent barges being improperly loaded for towing Should
delay arise out of the agents or officers of the sea steamers not complying with this
arrangement Messrs. Lynch Brothers would be absolved from responsibility and
the Baghdad Railway Company undertake to pay for any extra expenses arising
out of such cause. In case the Baghdad Railway Company should desire Messrs
Lynch Brothers to undertake the transhipment, Messrs. Lynch Brothers shall*
perform this work at the rate of 2-3 per ton. In case any storage should be re
quired, such storage is to be charged at actual cost.
5. Messrs. Lynch Brothers undertake to deliver the material as received
and accept no responsibility for shortage or breakages,
6. Demurrage at the rate of £4 per day for steamers and £l per day for lighters
will be paid by the Baghdad Railway Company, in the event of those vessels being
delayed at Basrah or Baghdad for a longer period than four days owing to the delay
of arrival of material at Basrah or discharging of lighters at Baghdad.
7. In the event of a breach by the Baghdad Railway Company of Article 4
or civil commotions or other causes beyond the control of Messrs. Lynch Brothers'
including abnormal conditions in the state of the rivers, preventing or impeding
the navigation of the rivers, and the proper execution of the obligations set out
in Article 3, Messrs. Lynch Brothers shall not be liable for delay in delivery
arising out of such causes. In case the delay arising from such causes shall be
more than fourteen days, the Baghdad Railway Company will pay any extra
expenses incurred.
8. Should the Turkish Customs authorities insist on duty being paid on fuel
and other material brought into the country for the use of the steamers and light
ers, such duty is to be paid by the Baghdad Railway Company as a separate item
not included in the rate stipulated in Article 14.
9. Messrs. Lynch Brothers only agree to deal with the Turkish authorities
as agents of the Baghdad Railway Company in matters connected with the trans
port of railway material and the running of steamers, and they are relieved of res
ponsibility arising out of Turkish obstruction.
10. In the event of the formation of the Anglo-German-Turkish Company,
the full benefits and liabilities of this contract will be continued to Messrs. Lynch
Brothers.
11. Any material carried in excess of 150,000 tons during the period covered
by this contract will be paid for at the rate stipulated in Clause No. 14.
12. In the event of war or any such difficulty over which the Baghdad Rail
way Company have no control preventing them from completing delivery of the
150,000 tons of material during the period of four years, or in the case of breach
of contract by the Baghdad Railway Company, the Baghdad Railway Company
undertake to indemnify Messrs. Lynch Brothers for all expenses incurred by them
for purchase of fuel, material, pay of crews and liabilities on unexpired contracts,
and all expenses relating to the running of the steamers and barges and up- keep'
with interest at 5 per cent, per annum, and shall pay them in addition a sum of not
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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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