'File 53/11 II (D 11) Kuwait: Sheikh's Fao Properties, 1905-1910' [‎135r] (297/587)

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the fort embankment ; an 1 that , v/hen the fort was
built , he and the fort authorities combined amicably
to embank or repair embankiaents together . He says
that » since that date , 35 years ago he has carried
out yearly and even more frequent repairs , as occ
asion denanded , to the embankment and his men 'have
never been interfered with tmtil now .
In aixvpart of this contention , he has produced
copies of certain correspondane^which took place in
the early part of the year be u we en His j^ccellency th-
Wali of Basra and the Kaiia—mokaai of Fao • It must be
said that these do nov appear to be official copies ,
but they were probably furnished by "oha Kaim-mokam
of Fao to the Sheikh . Bheikh Ilobarak explains that
certificated copies of Turkish records are not pro
curable • In that correspondence , he Kaim-mokam
corroborates the destructior^y night of the embank-
ment b3 r Turkish soldiers - in itself a suiiicientl^
lawless and high-handed proceeding , for which it
would not^e too much to demand the punishment ol ua
officer oorimanding the fort -and the Sheikhas atata-
ment that the embankment is an old one . The letoera
of x-he Kaim-mokm also indicate thvt the nearness of
the cultivation to the fort is the reason whs tne
embankment was destroyed •
A Turkish CoMaision , composed of the following
members ,
The commander of the Turkish corvette
The Kaim-mokam of ffao
A Yus-bashi from Basra
sat on the question . No Kowait representative was
present , according toSheikh Mobarak . The embankment
had not been repaired after tjTe damage done to then
by the Turkish soldiers an t have noi been rep .ired ye^"
The Conation expressed the opinion that there wao
no necessity to interfere with the embankments , but
that they obstructed the view from the fort and that