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File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait' [233r] (470/674)
The record is made up of 1 volume (333 folios). It was created in 1911-1912. 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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Similarly, the “ r Jimes” is wrong in stating that the Ottoman Government sent a
war-ship to attack Koweit; so there was no cause for interference and threats on the
part of England. All the Government did was to send a ship to tell Sheikh Mubarek
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to go to Bussorah or Bagdad or to Constantinople to he appointed to the
^Council of State.
Mubarek
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
did not accept this proposal, which was necessitated by the policy
of the old regime; for it was not easy for a man like him to leave his country and his
people and go to Constantinople. How could he expose himself to such a danger ?
At that moment England backed up the sheikh, and said she would protect him.
Whatever the question may be, I say openly that the maintenance of the policy
and influence of the Empire in Koweit depends on appointing honest officials who will
provide the good administration which Midhat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
declared to be necessary for the
Sabah tribe. I am convinced and confident of Mubarek Pasha’s loyalty and friendship
towards the Empire. His sole aim is to assure his future and that of his sons and
descendants ; which entails Koweit being in their hands and their being the sheikhs so
long as one member of the Sabah tribe remains.
The European papers distort this fact; one rarely meets in them news with regard
to our country which is not distorted. News concerning us is published after being cut
according to the greedy aims of the Governments of the countries to which those papers
belong, and the telegraph agencies work on the same principle and policy. It is in this
way that the Koweit question has been sent everywhere by telegraph in its incorrect
form, and that public opinion has been deceived.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1911-1912.
The correspondence concerns three broad topics:
- Anglo-Turkish negotiations
- proposals of the Turkish Government
- the status of Kuwait.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for these international negotiations.
Further discussion surrounds the Draft Report of the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ,and John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley, Lord President of the Council.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (333 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Baghdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 335; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/59
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 4 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; proposals of Turkish Govt; status of Kowait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:305v, 307r:310v, 312r:334v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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