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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [221v] (450/540)
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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scarcely think our German friends would like it, but if you wish to do this, perhaps
you will kindly make it quite clear to His Majesty's Ambassador that they are
purely for his own confidential information.
If their contents are to be made known to the Turkish Government we feel
sure that our German friends would prefer this to be done by themselves.
Believe me, etc.,
FEED. W. PAEEY.
{Received on the 22nd July 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 27, dated the
5th July 1912.)
I ndia O ffice , W hitehall,
Immediate. L ondon , S. W.;
P.-2499. 3rd July 1912.
S ir,
In reply to your letter No. 25270, dated the 26th June 1912, forwarding
copies of proposed agreements for the transport of material for the Baghdad Eail-
way Company, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to say that the
documents appear to correspond to the description of them given by Messrs.
Lynch in their letter, dated the 27th March last, and to be generally free from
objection.
As regards the transport of merchandise and passengers, it is observed that
the Societe de Transports Fluviaux has for one Of its objects " de procurer, trans
porter ou acheter des marchandises et produits de quelqiie nature que ce soit
a etre transportes par ces bateaux et alleges,'' (Statuts, article 3a) ; that the
Societe may also " s'occuper d'autres operations non-enumerees dans le present
article " (ib, article 3 e) ; that the parties contracting the convention for the
formation of the Anglo-German-Turkish Company engage " a ce qu'il ne soit
transporte ni marchandise de nature generale ni passagers par les vaisseaux de la
Societe .. ou par ceux de la Compagnie .. sans le consentement de toutes les
parties contractantes et du Gouvernement Turc '' (Convention, article 6 ): that the
contract between the Baghdad Eailway Company and the Societe (article 1) and
that between the Company and Messrs. Lynch (article 1) purport to be for the
transport of railway material; and that the former contract contemplates the
possibility of carrying ' 4 general merchandise on the downward trips between
Baghdad and Basrah with the consent of the Turkish Government (article 12)
and presumably also of the parties to the Convention above-mentioned. It would
thus appear . that the limitation of the transport of general merchandise to the
downward trips is by implication only.
It is noticed that Messrs. Lynch have not yet given the undertaking asked
for in the last paragraph of your letter to them, dated the 6th May.
I have the honour to be,
S ir,
Your most obedient Servant,
E. EITCHIE.
The Under Secretary of State^
Foreign Office.
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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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- 43r:43v, 112v, 221r:221v
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- Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company
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