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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [238v] (484/540)
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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88
(Received on the 26th August 1912, with Political Secretary's letter No. 32, dated the
9th August 1912.)
[A.]
ASIATIC TUEKEY AND ARABIA. [July 18.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 4.
[31253]
&ir Edward Grey to Mr. Marling,
(No, 333.)
I Foreign Office, July 18, 1912.
S ir,
In an interview wluch Sir Arthur Nicolson and I had with the Turkish Ambas
sador to-day, we handed to him our reply about the Baghdad Railway and Persian
Gulf negotiations and the annexed memoranda,* with certain maps. We specially
drew Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's attentioii to the memorandum asking for specific rates on
cotton goods when the Turkish customs dues were increased. We said that we
attached great importance to this. We had not put it into the reply about the
Baghdad Railway and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
because it introduced entirely new matter which
was not germane to this subject, but as, in our reply, we proposed to abandon all parti
cipation in the Baghdad.Railway from Baghdad to Basrah, we felt it essential to have
something which would be a security for British trade, To give what we asked
about cottpn goods would not entail any sacrifice upon the Turkish Government, it
would not diminish their revenue, and it would be no burden to them, though it
would give security to an important branch of British trade that the duties on it
would be adjusted so as not to press unfairly on particular articles.
The Turkish Ambassador seemed quite satisfied with what we told him, and
made no objection. With, regard to participation in the Baghdad railway, he
gaid that if we did not participate, as his country was free to give the concession for
making the railway to anyone it liked, a British company might be employed.
We said that this would be very satisfactory to us, but we had, of course, not
thought it fair to stipulate for it as a condition.
I am, etc.,
E. GREY.
(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
9th August 191%,
[B.]
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [J u l y 19.]
CONFIDENTIAL . S ection 1.
[A mended Copy],
[30388]
Foreign Office to
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.
,
Foreign Office y July 19, 1912.
S ir, ft.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 18th instant on the subject of the memoranda for the Turkish Ambassador.
♦Memoranda communicated to Turkish Ambassador/July 18, 1912
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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