ملف رقم ١٢٤٧ لسنة ١٩١٢، جزء ١، "تركيا:- إبلاغ الحكومة التركية بالاتفاقية بين بريطانيا وحكام الكويت والبحرين والساحل المتصالح. أوسمة لشيوخ الكويت والمحمرة والبحرين بمناسبة الاتفاقية الأنجلو-تركية." [و‎‎١‎٨‎٣] (٣٣٦/٢٨٥)

No. 86 of 1900.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
To
The Right Hon’ble LORD GEORGE E. HAMILTON,
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Simla, the 5th July 1900.
My Lord,
? We have the honour to forward, for the information and orders of Her
Majesty’s Government, copies of the papers noted in the enclosed list, regarding
an agreement which has been concluded with the Sheikh of Koweit, whereby
he has undertaken to prohibit absolutely the importation and exportation of
arms into and from Koweit territory.
2 . In order to explain the immediate cause of our action in concluding
this agreement, we may refer to the correspondence ending with Your Lord^
ship’s telegram, dated the 11th October 1899, regarding the seizure of certain
arms and ammunition, the property of Messrs. Eracis, Times & Co., by the
Sheikh of Bahrein. We recently learnt from our Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf that the Sheikh of Bahrein desired to restore to Messrs. Eracis,
Times & Co. their property, which had been confiscated by his orders. Acting
on the views indicated by Your Lordship in the telegram above quoted and in
previous correspondence, we did not question the authority of the Sheikh to
dispose of these arms and ammunition at his discretion, though we instructed
our Political Resident to advise the Sheikh that the restoration of the goods
to Messrs. Eracis, Times & Co. should he made subject to the condition that
the arms and ammunition are not sold in Bahrein, El Katr, or on the Arabian
* Vide enclosure No. 41 of Lieutenant-Colonel Coast a Condition which, aS YoUr Lord -
Meade’s letter to the Marquess of Salisbury, No. 20 ship is aware,* W3S attached to the Original
(Secret-Consular), dated the 28th November 1898. • j. j i ji o-i • i i -i •
concession granted by the Sheikh to his
Vazir, and handed on to Agha Muhammad Rahim and by him to Messrs.
EYacis, Times & Co. In soliciting our instructions regarding the restoration
of the arms, Lieutenant-Colonel Kemball expressed his apprehensions that
Messrs. Eracis, Times & Co., if the arms and ammunition were restored to them,
would probably endeavour to dispose of them at Koweit, and it was with a
"view to frustrate this that we took active steps to secure the conclusion of the
agreement with the Sheikh of Koweit, of which we now forward a copy. We
now hear that the Sheikh of Bahrein has carried out his intention, and has
restored the arms and ammunition to Messrs. Eracis, Times & Co. on the condi
tion above named.