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File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying' [114r] (232/242)
The record is made up of 1 volume (119 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. It was written in English. 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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5
Article 2.
Equal expedition shall in all cases be afforded on the said railways to consignments
of traffic of the same description and quantity.
Article 3.
All reasonable facilities shall be provided by the said railways for the interchange
of traffic; and each railway shall afford all due and reasonable facilities and accommoda
tion for exchanging, receiving, forwarding, and delivering such traffic without any
unreasonable delay.
Article 4.
No special rates or facilities shall be accorded by any of the said railways in respect
of any goods carried from or to any of the ports of Asiatic Turkey which shall not be
accorded equally to all goods of a like character and carried in similar quantities on the
same route, irrespective of the nationality or ownership of the vessels by which thev are
conveyed, or to be conveyed, to or from such ports ; and no special arrangement in respect
of rates or facilities for traffic shall be made by any of the said railways with any
shipping undertaking trading to or from any port of Asiatic Turkey which shall not
equally, and under like conditions, extend to all other shipping undertakings so
trading.
Article 5.
Any complaints which may be brought to the notice of the Imperial Ottoman
Government by His Britannic Majesty’s Government, in respect of the treatment of
traffic of any kind under the provisions of the foregoing articles, shall immediately be
communicated by the Imperial Ottoman Government to the railway administration or
administrations concerned, and, unless settled to the satisfaction of* the two Governments
wdthin three months, be forthwith referred to the International Court of Arbitration at
The Hague, which shall have power to determine the matter finally and to award
damages. Any determination or award of the International Court of Arbitration shall
be immediately enforced by the Imperial Ottoman Government, and any damages
awarded shall be paid by the Imperial Ottoman Government to His Britannic Majesty’s
Government to be dealt with at their discretion.
Article 6.
Any difference as to the interpretation or carrying out of this convention shall,
unless settled to the satisfaction of the two Governments within three months, be
referred for determination to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
ANNEX 3.
Draft Convention for the Establishment of a Shatt-el-Arab Navigation Commission.
THE Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of His Imperial
Majesty the Sultan of Turkey, being desirous on account of the magnitude of their
interests in the trade on the Shatt-el-Arab to improve the navigation of that river,
and to diminish the risks to which commerce thereon is exposed, have agreed as
follows:—
1 ^ q’hg navigation of the Shatt-el-Arah shall remain open to the ships of all
2. The Imperial Ottoman Government will establish a Commission in which shall
be vested the control of the Shatt-el-Arab from Kurna to the sea. . 1 , ,
3 The Commission shall consist of two members only, to be appointed by the
Imperial Ottoman Government. One of these two members shall be of British
nationality, and shall be selected from candidates suggested by the Government of His
Britannic Majesty.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to lighting and buoying installed by the Turkish Government in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence discusses concerns over the erection of a Turkish lighthouse in Fao and the basis upon which a protest could be lodged. Also discussed is the deployment of a Turkish lightship in the Shatt al-Arab, through the replacement of the old Turkish vessel ( Kilidi Bahr ) by a new lightship ( Jaffari ) and the ramifications of the correspondence with the Turkish Government about this matter. Dredging of various marine navigation channels by the Turkish Government is discussed. Part of these discussions and negotiations involved the creation of a Shatt al-Arab Navigation Commission.
The principal correspondents include the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge), the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; HM Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); and HM Consul at Basrah (Francis Edward Crow).
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- 1 volume (119 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.
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- Title
- File 4259/1912 'Persian Gulf: Turks and lighting and buoying'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:98v, 101r:118v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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