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'File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911' [190r] (413/631)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (334 folios). It was created in 28 Jan 1911-19 Jan 1912. It was written in English and French. 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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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
(A.)
Draft Articles for an Agreement between the Bagdad Railway Company and the
Company operating the Railway connect nig Bagdad and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Article 1.
Nu discrimination of any kind shall be exercised on any portion of the railways
opeiated by either of the two companies in respect of traffic passing over the said
railways, whatever may be its origin or destination.
1 he woid traffic shall include passengers and their luggage, goods, animals, and
t nngs com eyed on the railways, and carriages, waggons, and other vehicles adapted for
running on the railways of the two companies.
Article 2.
For the purpose of determining charges on traffic, a uniform classification of traffic
shall be adopted by the two companies in the manner hereinafter prescribed and shall
not be varied except in the same manner.
Article 3.
I he two companies shall provide reasonable facilities for the interchange of traffic
through Bagdad, and each company shall afford on its railway all due and reasonable
facilities and accommodation for exchanging, receiving, forwarding, and delivering such
traffic without any unreasonable delay, and such facilities shall include the receiving,
forwarding, and delivering of traffic at reasonable through rates and fares.
Article 4.
In the event of a junction being constructed between the lines of the two companies,
the sum to be paid for the use of the carriages or waggons of either company whilst
carrying through traffic on the lines of the other company shall be determined, in case
of difference, in the manner hereinafter provided, and each company shall return the
carriages or waggons of the other company which have been so employed with all
reasonable despatch, the sum, if any, to be paid for the haulage of such vehicles on the
return journey being determined in case of difference in like manner.
Article 5.
If one company unreasonably detains carriages or waggons of the other company
after the through traffic carried therein has reached its destination, the company
detaining such carriages or waggons shaJl pay to the other company a reasonable sum
per vehicle for each day during which such detention continues, the amount of the daily
charge to be agreed upon between the companies, or, failing agreement, to be determined
as hereinafter provided.
Article 6.
For the purpose of this agreement there shall be established a joint committee to
be called the Bagdad Railways joint committee, consisting of three directors of each
company. Each of the companies shall have the right during each alternate year to
appoint from time to time one of its directors, who is a member of the joint committee,
to act as chairman of the committee during that year. The chairman shall not be
entitled to more than one vote. The chairman during the first year after this agreement
comes into operation shall be appointed by the company.
The joint committee shall make all such arrangements as may be necessary to secure
the due execution of the foregoing articles of this convention (including the classification
of traffic, the determination of the kilometric basis of rates and fares, and the charges for the
use, haulage, or detention of carriages or waggons) ; and in the event of the joint committee
failing to come to an agreement in respect of any difference arising out of or concerning the
agreement, such question shall, on the application of any one of the companies, forth
with be referred for determination to a standing arbitrator who shall be appointed from
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The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Much of the correspondence has been forwarded to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. by the Foreign Department of the Government of India and is between Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Arthur Nicolson, Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Henry Babington Smith, President of the National Bank of Turkey, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, Rifaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Edgar Speyer, railway financier, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Edward Goschen, British Ambassador to Berlin, Henry Cumberbatch, British Consul General in Turkey, George Barclay, British Minister to Persia, the Board of Trade, and William Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty. There is also correspondence between 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, Rear-Admiral Edmond Slade, Stuart Knox, 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 Bahrain, and 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.
The volume covers the discussions prior to formal negotiations between Britain and the Ottoman Turks brought about by the Baghdad Railway and its proposed extension to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The issues and subjects involved are:
- the proposed route of the railway;
- control and ownership of the section between Baghdad and Basra;
- location of the terminus, and who will control it, including Slade's report (ff. 64-74) on the suitability of Basra;
- a proposed increase to customs duty in the region;
- irrigation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- the contract to transport rail materials by the rivers;
- the status of Kuwait, particularly regarding Turkish and British suzerainty and influence.
Throughout the volume there are newspaper cuttings from English periodicals that relate to the Baghdad Railway and negotiations around it.
Folio 47 is a rough sketch map of the peninsula Ras Tanurah. Folio 230 is a fold-out map of the proposed route of the railway and irrigation of the rivers.
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (334 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folios 2-5) is a subject index. It is in no particular order and organised under a few broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers of the secondary, earlier sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file consists of two volumes (parts one and two) and the foliation runs through both. The main foliation sequence commences at the title page of part one and terminates at the fifth folio from the back of part two; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be predominantly found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence runs between ff. 8-291A; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are the following irregularities: 7 and 7A; 13 and 13A; 15 and 15A; 16, 16A and 16B; 17 and 17A; 18, 18A and 18B; 20, 20A and 20B; 21, 21A and 21B; 52, 52A, 52B, 52C; 53, 53A, 53B and 53C; 54, 54A, 54B and 54C; 55, 55A and 55B; 56, 56A and 56B; 57 and 57A; 290 and 290A.
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- 'File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:6v, 7ar:7av, 7r:12v, 13av, 14v, 15v, 17av, 17r, 19r:19v, 22r:37r, 38r:46v, 48r:50v, 58r:74v, 75v:84v, 87v:93v, 94v:96r, 97r:147v, iv-r:vi-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, vii-r:ix-v, 148r:229v, 231r:289v, 291v:294v, x-r:xiii-v, back-a-i
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