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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [224r] (455/540)
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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to the islands of Warba and Bubiyan being admitted by Turkey to be within the con- Memo-
fines of Kuwait, to the withdrawal of the Turkish military post from Bubiyan, and randum *
to a recognition of the limits of Kuwait in accordance with the indications contain- (Armex 4,)
ed in the accompanying memorandum.
13. His Majesty's Government regret that they would consider the introduction
of divided responsibility for maritime police measures altogether incompatible
with the principles and successful accomplishment of their policy in the Persian
Gulf. This policy consists in the maintenance of the maritime peace, and has been
successfully pursued, to the advantage of all concerned, for a century. To modify
the system in these circumstances would be alike unnecessary and unjustifiable.
14. Indeed His Majesty's Government would go further. They consider that
they have acquired by prescription not merely the right but the duty to maintain
peace in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; they have always been opposed to any proposal to trench
upon their prerogative; and it was this attitude which led to the declaration made
by the Marquess of Lansdowne in the House of Lords on the 5th May 1903, that
"His Majesty's Government would regard the establishment of a naval base, or of
a fortified port, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by any other Power as a very grave menace
to British interests, and they should certainly resist it with all the means at their
disposal."
His Majesty's Government must therefore ask the Turkish Government to
recognise in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
the right of Great Britain— {a) to control surveying,
lighting, buoying and pilotage; ip) to police its waters; and (c) to conduct all
quarantine arrangements.
15. In submitting these final proposals for the acceptance of the Turkish Gov
ernment, His Majesty's Government are not seeking territorial aggrandise
ment, nor are they embarking upon any new developments of policy. Their desire
is simply to secure the recognition and to ensure the continuance of an order of
things which, in fact, grew up under their auspices and before the appearance of
Turkish authority in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and which has been proved by experience
to favour the development of trade and the maintenance of peace in a region
which, but for long-sustained British intervention, would have remained the scene
of continual piracy and bloodshed.
16. They feel persuaded that the Ottoman Government will not oppose the
continuance of the political status quo of a hundred years, and they look forward
confidently to a complete adjustment of the questions enumerated, and to the im
proved relations which cannot fail to ensue.
17. As the Ottoman Government are aware, there is a question which has
caused some concern to His Majesty's Government in recent months, that of the
frontier between Turkey and Persia in the region of Muhammerah. When His
Majesty's Government addressed their memorandum of July 1911 to the Ottoman
Government that question had been dormant for sixty years, and His Majesty's
Government had no desire to raise it. Now. however, that it has been raised, by
circumstances beyond their control, they feel that no settlement in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
could be complete which did not provide for this question, and they regard a satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
adjustment of it as an essential part of the present negotiations. They Memo-
have the honour to submit a separate memorandum on the subject for the con- randum.
sideration of the Ottoman Government. (Annex 5.)
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(in) An increase koea 11 psr eeat. 14 pe? eent. ad- valorem in the Turkish
Customs duties.
18. If the Ottoman Government are prepared to conclude an agreement in the
sense of this memorandum, and to concur in the removal of the existing veto on the
borrowing powers of Egypt, then, subject to the assent of the other Powers, His
Majesty's Government will consent to the further increase ef the Turkish customs
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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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