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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [237v] (482/540)
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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the satisfactory consummation of his technical aims, and utilises what suits him
in its attainment, regardless of the questions of nationality, which present
obstacles where other foreigners are concerned.
The characteristic is witnessed by his attitude towards and assistance to
another British concern here, solely because they can further the progress of this
work.
Yours sincerely,
E. B. SOANE.
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the Division
of the Chief of the Staff.)
(Received on the 26th August 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 32, dated the
1912.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [July 22.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 2.
[30867]
Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received July 22.)
(No. 606.)
Constantinople, July 17, 1912.
S ir,
With reference to my despatch No. 573 of the 5th instant, I have the honour
to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty's Consul at Aleppo reporting
on the progress of the Baghdad Railway.
I have, etc.,
CHARLES M. MARLING.
E nclosure.
Consul Fontana to Sir Gerard Lowfher.
(No. 43.)
July
S ir,
I have the honour to submit the following short report on the progress made
in the construction of the Baghdad Railway line in this district.
The station at Aleppo is now nearing completion. Strong iron sleepers
imported from Germany, are being used throughout the permanent way The
rails have been laid from Aleppo to Muslemieh, the junction, and thence north
eastwards as far as the Sajur. A temporary wooden bridge is being built over the
Sajur. Work has begun upon a temporary wooden bridge to span the Euphrates
near Jerablus, which should be completed by the end of October next. Fears are
expressed as to the stability of this temporary bridge in flood time. It is said
that the line from the Sajur to the Euphrates will be finished by the end of Septem
ber. I understand that the various pieces required to construct. the Euphrates
permanent Steel bridge have not yet been purchased owing to the high prices
now ruling m Germany. Difficulties are, moreover, foreseen as to the construction
of an embankment near Jerablus village. The station at Muslemieh is nearly
completed. The Rations between there and Jerablus will be Akterin, Chorban
Bey, Sajur, and Helman. '
O
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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.
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- 1 volume (268 folios)
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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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- 183r:183v, 237r:237v
- Author
- Soane, Ely Bannister
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