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'File 73/7 I (D 19) Status of Kuwait & Baghdad Railway, and Anglo-Turkish negotiations 1911' [226v] (486/631)
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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The question of the kilometric guarantees is not alluded to in this letter
S8 it can lell be reserved for subsequent consideration. ^
Qir F rrpv ,{ ? full concurrence in the importance 01 a« oidirg
I am to express Mr E Grey s uu eon^^.^ ^ ^ used to our detn .
^ f^houTd^hrpresent negotiations with Turkey prove abortive ; and, for this
hels anZXt the'reply to theTurkbh proposals shouid bo drawn up in
close consultation with your Department.
r, , i,..,, ,1,,, oubieot of Kuwait, I am to advert to the view expressei' by
the Marquess of tansdowne, in his memorandum of the 21st March, ! 002 that the
British obligation to protect could not be interpreted as extending beyond Kuwait
• proper " to the " outskirts While Sir E. Grey is in agreement with the view
that the Shaikh's claims to Warba and Bubiyan might be upheld if it ^ -"ally
desirable to do so, bethinks that those claims could hardly be sustained with regatu'
to Urn Kasr, and certainly not as far south as Musulamiya Bay. If the terminus
of the railway is at Kuwait proper (Bandar Shweikh) the importance of Warba,
I Bubiyan and IJm Kasr, is largely reduced. In any case, if an agreement with Tur-
| key is reached it will be desirable to define precisely the limits of Kuwait territory
' in order to avoid future friction ; and 1 am to suggest that, with a view to expedi
tion, it might be desirable for the Government of India to be consulted by tele
graph in regard to those limits.
With reference to the concluding paragraph of your letter, 1 am to draw your
attention to the desire expressed by the Ottoman Government to del ue the position
of the two Powers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,—a desire which, if marked by sincerity, is
clearly satisfactory.
Finally, I am to express Sir E. Grey's opinion that it is extre-ne-y desirable,
if only, for tactical reasons, to obtain a concession for a line from Khor ^ isa and
Mohammareh to Khorremmabad, especially as the concession need not involve
more than an option to construct.
I am, &c.
LOUIS MALLET,
(Copy sent informally to the Army Department for transmission to the Divi
sion of the Chief of the Staff).
[Rec.eivcd on 12th April 1911, with Political Secretary's letter, No, 12, dated 24th
March 1911.]
EASTERN DEPARTMENT .
SECRET SERIES^ "
[9875]
No. 1.
[March 20.']
Section 3.
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.
.
(ConfideBtial.)
S ir,
Pore m Office, March 20,1911.
relative to September, 1910, from this Office
connecting Europe with India bv wav ~ f p t ''V? aus P ic es, of a railway
Edward Grey to transmit to you herewith T' 3 ' f m ( l llrecte d by Seoretary Sir
* m. m. timiriascfl and zwcn • i 1 " ^ letter addressed bv two
Mr. Jactaon lbrcU of the Russian gwup interested
whom it has been communicated to this Offl 00 PrOJeCt to Mr - Hutl1 Jackson * by
scheme, as officially ctmmunicatfdto'tte^rom'J Goverllmellt towards the
45 the Peters, and I am to ask that
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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'
- 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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