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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [169r] (348/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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# UNDEETAKING OF EULEE OF KUWAIT WITH EEGAED TO
ESTABLISHMENT OF A WIEELESS TELEGEAPH
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TRANSLATION OF A LETTER FROM HIS EXCELLENCY SHAIKH
SIR MTTBARAK-US-SUBAH, K.C.LE, RULER OF KUWAIT,
TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR PERCY COX, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
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.
. (ENCLO
SURE IN
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.
LETTER 1739, 6 th AUGUST 1912, TO
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT), DATED THE 11th SHAABAN 1330
( = 26th JULY 1912).
I have had the jdeasure to receive Y r our Honour’s communication dated
the 27th Rajah 1330 (=13th July 1912) in which you have referred to the desire
of the High and Imperial Government to have the telegraph in our town of
Kuwait and (stated) that on Your Honour’s return to Bushire, you found, as
you expected,- final instructions from the High and Imperial Government to
inform us of their desire and to ask for our co-operation in this object and that
the existence of the telegraph will be a source of ease to the High Government
and our people.
I have personally informed Your Honour when I had the pleasure of
your august interview, of my co-operation and concord in this and other
matters, which are conducive to reform and which you consider to be agreeable
to (our) welfare, in accordance with such orders as may be issued thereon by
the High and Imperial Government and according to your august wishes.
The details will be explained to us by our friend Captain Shakespear, as
ordered by you, when the work progresses, and we will also explain to him the
manner which will tend to our ease. And we pray to God to crown all your
efforts with success and to grant happy results, and enable us to obtain your
satisfaction by word and deed.
We trust that your kind regards will endure and that you will accept my
assurance of high esteem and continue to be preserved.
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/606
- Title
- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- 164r:166v, 168v:171v, 174r:176v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah
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- Public Domain