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'File 19/139 I (C 60) Steamer for Bahrain and neighbouring ports' [‎47r] (106/160)

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The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1914-22 Oct 1930. 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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81- 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. ,
Whitehall,
I London, S.W.I.
1 '
20th December, 1923,
,/
In reply to your letter of the 14th
September, No,43397, 1 am directed by the Secretary
rrs dated 0f 3tate ror Iridia to be laid before'the
l»2o be ere tary oi btate for the Colonies, the accompanying I
G0 py oi a telegram from the Government of India on j
the subject of the extension of Nejdi influence in
Bahrein and Koweit.
In regard to the position at Koweit where
it seems die Sultan of Hejd has contemplated the
extension of his influence through the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of
Sheikh Abdullah-as-Salim, under cover of an arrange
ment in respect of customs duties on goods passing
through Koweit to and from Mejd, the Secretary of
State shares the Government of India's diffidence in
offering any comment. But prima facie it would
appear, as the Government of India suggest, that the
arrangement in question would, in any case, be in
contravention of the spirit of the undertakings given
by His Majesty's Government in Article IX of the
Agreement of 15th Oct, 1907 with Sheikh Mubarak of
Koweit (and repeated in the message of 5th July 1918
to Sheikh Salim) and by Ibn Saud in Article VI of
the Treaty of 26th December 1915;, and in contraven
tion of the letter also of these Agreements, if the
arrangement were imposed on the Sheikh and people
of Koweit without their full consent. Moreover,
however
UNDER SEGRETAHY OF STATE,
COLONIAL OFFICE,

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This file contains correspondence that discusses the details of a proposal by the British India Steam Navigation Company to run a steamer service between the ports of Bahrain, Qatif, Oqair and Qatar.

The file also includes correspondence regarding Ibn Saud’s desire to establish a port on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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1 file (73 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence file that is foliated in un-circled numbers on the top-right corner of each front-facing page.

Pagination starts on first page of writing in top right-hand corner and continues to last page of writing. The front page and the title page are not numbered. 2 blank pages at front and 4 at back.

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