ملف رقم ١٨٥٥ لسنة ١٩٠٤، جزء ٤، "الكويت:- قروض للشيخ." [ظ‎‎٤‎١] (٢٤٢/٨٢)

2. The letter was delivered on the 4th June and the same evening I had an
interview with the Sheikh who expressed himself profound y gra e u a e
generosity of the British Government in accommodating him.
o In the course of conversation, the Sheikh categorically accepted the
conditions of the loan and requested me to telegraph his acceptance, promising
to send to me on the following day a document m the form of a letter to you
formally accepting the conditions. I wrote out the telegram despatched to you
from Fao and having read it over to the Sheikh handed to him the closed
envelope for conveyance to Fao.
4. The following morning I received the enclosed letter from the Sheikh to
your address, a copy of which I have taken the opportunity of retaining for my
records. In it the Sheikh accepts all the conditions of the loan and duly
expresses his gratitude, promising the first instalment in the beginning of Shawal
1327 A.H. and the second in the end of Shawal 1328 A-H.
Translationof a letter from Sheikh Mubarak bin Subah, Ruler of Koweit, to Major
P. Z. COX, C.I.E., British Resident and His Britannic Majesty s Consul-General, dated
16 th Jemadi I, 1327 = 5 th June 1909 .
After compliments and enquiries after your health,
I have duly received your esteemed favour of the 1 2th Jemadi I, No. 192,
stating that the High British Government have favoured me, according to my
application, with a loan of Rs. 2,00,000. I, your sincere friend, admit and
acknowledge the generosity of the Government towards me and am sensible to
their good graces. Inshallah these graces will endure for me and for those
succeeding me, and there will be obedience and sincerity on our part. The terms
contained in your esteemed favour have been duly accepted by me and I will,
Inshallah, pay the first of the two lakhs during this date season of 1327, viz^ that
I will refund Rs. 100,000 in the beginning of Shawal 1327, with gratitude. The
remaining Rs. 100,000 I will pay, Inshallah, during the season after this, namely
of the year 1328 which will be over at the end of Shawal 1328,
As to the last condition that I should borrow no money from any other
quarter (I beg to say that) as long as the British Government exists, we will,
Inshallah, have no necessity to refer to any other besides them.
You have enriched me and honoured me ; and I will not agree absolutely to
deal with any one besides you, I represented to Captain Shakespear, Political
Agent at Koweit, accordingly, and I sent you a telegram via Fao on the night of
Saturday the 16th instant, intimating my acceptance of the conditions contained
in your esteemed favour and asking you to order the remittance of the money by
the man-of-war “ Lawrence ” according to your letter.
May you remain preserved and guarded.
G. C, B. P., Simla,— -No. C-63 F. D.—1 0.7-09.—39—G.E.VV.