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'File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911' [191r] (415/631)
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 3 in No. 1.
Memorandum.
, the meeting which took place this morning it was decided that tho reply to
the Turkish proposals should be drafted on the following lines :—
1 he assent of His Majesty's (lovernmeiit to the customs increase shall he given for
a fixed period, subject to the following conditions •
(a.) 1 he assent of all other Powers, and especially France and .Russia, must be
secured to the increase.
(b.) A new Turkish company shall be formed for the line south of Bagdad ; of the
capital oi this company, which shall, if possible, arrange both for the construction and
the working of the line, 50 per cent, shall be British, and the remainder German or
Furco-German. Tf the Turks insist on separating the construction company from the
working company the above conditions shall apply to the working company, but this
would be a less desirable arrangement.
(c.) There shall be two British members on the board of the Bagdad Railway
(Company.
(But this is a matter for us to arrange with the company, not with Turkey.)
(d.) There shall be no sort of discrimination in freight rates, or other matters
affecting the carriage of goods or passengers, on any railway in Asiatic Turkey
connected with Bagdad.
(e.) That the chairman of the new company shall either be British or alternately
British and German in successive years.
(/.) Fifty per cent, of the capital of the new company shall always be retained in
British control, and, in order to secure this, a suitable arrangement shall be drawn up
by the Board of Trade in consultation with the National Bank of Turkey.
(g.) The railway terminus, if on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, shall be at Koweit.
(h.) The policing of the port of Koweit, both ashore and afloat, shall be carried
out, in the interests of international trade, by the agents of the Sheikh of Koweit,
under the direction of British officers of experience.
(i.) Koweit shall in no circumstances be fortified.
(j.) The harbour of Koweit shall be constructed by British contractors, and it
shall be built on land to be leased for this purpose by the British Government, and
controlled by a separate company.
(k.) Harbour dues, on a scale to be determined, shall be arranged, and the net
proceeds of those dues shall be divided in equal portions between the sheikh and the
harbour company, which shall be British.
(/./ The territorial status quo of Koweit shall be guaranteed by lurkey and Great
Britain.
(w.) An arrangement shall be made for the levy, in the interests of Turkey, of
customs dues on all through traffic entering Turkey through the port of Koweit.
(n.) The administration of local affairs at Koweit shall remain, as heretofore, in the
hands of the sheikh or his successors.
(o.) The suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey over Koweit shall be recognised, and
the limits of the sheikh 's jurisdiction defined (territorially).
(p.) The sheikh shall take out Turkish nationality certificates in the names of his
sons. (This w r as, 1 think, agreed to by the Government of India ; it would also
facilitate the matters relating to the sheikh's Turkish date properties.)
[q.) Koweitis resident abroad shall enjoy Turkish consular protection.
(r.) No fortified base, or naval arsenal, shall ever be created on the shores of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. ...
(s.) The southernmost limit, in a southerly direction, of Turkish jurisdiction on the
littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is Ujeir, in the district of El Katif. Ihe Ottoman Govern
ment shall renounce all claim to the supremacy over any point on the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
south of that point, or to the island of Bahrein, Moharrog, Zakhnuniyeh,
or adjacent islands.
(t.) His Majesty's Government and the Turkish Government both undertake to
recognise the territorial status quo on the littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(w.) Bah rein is in Turkish territory shall enjoy British consular protection.
(v.) Subjects of the Trucial Chiefs, and of the Sultan of Muscat, who may be resident
in Turkey shall enjoy British consular protection.
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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.
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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'
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- 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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