!['Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904' [‎17v] (34/128)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0001c5/IOR_L_PS_20_C239_0035.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904' [‎17v] (34/128)")
'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904' [17v] (34/128)
The record is made up of 1 volume (64 folios). It was created in 1904. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
22
No. 649. 67. The Secretary of State telegraphed on 14tli February that the agree
ment might be ratifiGcl and that a hope might be hold out to Slieikh Mubarak
that we would do what we could to protect him and his brothers in the matter
of their estate near Fao.
No. 664. 68. The agreement was ratified on 16th February, and this fact as also the
Secretary of State's instructions as to the Turkish estates was telegraphed to
the
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.
on 17th February.
No . 6 5 7# 69. As regards the third provision in the agreement extending the engage
ment to territory now in possession of subjects of other Governments, the
Political Kesident telegraphed on the 19th in reply to an enquiry
<' l added provision to guard against possible transfer of some house property at Koweit
itself belonging to Turkish subjects to Russians or others. Mubarak promised not to permit
any such transfer without permission of Her Majesty^s Government/'
Secret e 70. Her Majesty's Government, in expressing their approval of the action
June" 0 169^ of Colonel Meade as regards the agree-
Nos. 94-119. Secret E " June 1899 ' Nos * 91 " U9 ' ment, pointed out that in-as-much as
Lieutenant-Colonel Meade had been instructed to conclude an agreement
similar to that which exists with the Sultan of Maskat, he was not authorized
to stipulate that the Sheikh should not receive representatives from any
other Power or Government without the previous sanction of the British
Government. As this proviso had been introduced, Her Majesty's Government
decided that it should remain in force ; but warned that its operation, more
especially with regard to the relations of the Sheikh with the Turkish Govern
ment, would require the careful attention of the Government of India (see
Secretary of State's Despatch No. 11, dated 30th March 1899) :—
71. In his letter No. 70, dated 21st May 1899, Colonel Meade offered the
following explanation about the last point :—
" I would explain, for the information of Government of India, tliat the clause, in the
agreement, by which the Sheikh promised not to receive the representatives of other Powers,
without the previous sanction of the British Government, was inserted, as I understood such
to be the wish of Sheikh Mubarak himself, conveyed to roe by my Assistant, Mr. Gaskin,
who told me that the Sheikh did not want to have Agents from other Powers, residing at
Koweit and would agree to refuse his consent to siwh arrangements without a reference to the
British Government.
As a clause to this effect would be useful later on, and seemed calculated to strengthen
our position at Koweit, and as a similar proviso had been inserted in the agreement of the 22nd
December 1880 with Sheikh Esa of Bahrein, vide Agreement No. XXXI, Aitchison's Treaties,
Volume X, page 120, when the Bahrein Sheikh agreed to refuse permission to any other Gov
ernment than the British, to establish diplomatic or consular agencies in his territory, unless,
with the consent of the British Government, I thought the opportunity was a good one to
obtain a similar promise from Sheikh Mubarak, as he himself wished to give it.
I do not think the proviso is likely to give rise to any trouble, as the Sheikh will tell the
Turks, if they propose sending an Agent to Koweit, that he would prefer not to have one and
he will, probably, be able to prevent the appointment being made without any sort of reference
to the stipulation in the agreement with us. In the meantime your instructions will be care
fully attended to, and any information indicating that the Porte, or any other Power, wishes
to send an Agent to Koweit, will be communicated to you without delay. No action, too, will
be taken in the matter without your instructions/''
Seeret E., 72. As regards the incidence of the advance of Es. 15,000 made to Sheikh
Kos. 6 126-180. Mubarak, it was decided that £500 were to be borne by Her Majesty's Gov
ernment and that the balance should be changed on Indian Kevenues.
No. 101.
No. 118.
VIII.—Porte's complaints against British proceedings at Koweit as
infringement of quarantine regulations April—May, 1899.
73. The proceedings of Colonel Meade at Koweit attracted of course the
Porte 's attention. A complaint was com-
secret e,, june 1899, Nos. 70—79. municated by the Turkish Quarantine
Officer at Basrah to the Ottoman Sanitary Administration regarding the landing
of the Commander of the Lawrence with a British Political Officer in spite of the
sanitary regulations.
74. The Secretary of State having asked for a report, Colonel Meade
submitted accounts of the Commander of the Lawrence and Mr. Gaskin as to
About this item
- Content
The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Kuwait (spelt Koweit throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.
The volume includes a preface (folio 4), list of contents (folio 5) and list of appendices (folio 6). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:
- I: Brief History of Koweit from circa 1716 to 1896 A.D.;
- II: Murder of Mahomed bin Subah [Muḥammad bin Ṣabāḥ] and his brother Jarrah [Jarrāḥ bin Ṣabāḥ] by Mubarak [Mubārak] and Mubarak’s succession, 1896;
- III: (1) Proposed Turkish Quarantine at Koweit, (2) views of the Government of India and 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. ;
- IV: Haripasa Piracy case. Warning to Sheikh of Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit raised - 1895-1896;
- V: Threatened attack of Sheikhs Jasim bin Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] and Yusuf bin Ibrahim [Yūsuf bin Ibrāhīm] on Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit discussed 1897-98;
- VI: (1) Movements of Turkish troops towards Koweit, (2) Russian intrigues, (3) Question of Protectorate over Koweit further discussed;
- VII: Proposed British Protectorate over Koweit. Agreement with the Sheikh of Koweit, December 1898 - May 1899;
- VIII: Porte's complaints against British proceedings at Koweit as infrigement of quarantine regulations, May 1899;
- IX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by the Turks, (2) Defence of Koweit, February - March 1899;
- X: (1) Question of status of the Sheikh of Koweit, (2) Turkish activity in the neighbourhood, (3) Imposition of customs duty by Sheikh, March - June 1899;
- XI: Turkish attempts to exercise soverign rights on Koweit, by appointing harbour master and opening a custom house. A forward Turkish policy advocated. The British Government's protest. July - September 1899;
- XII: Sheikh Mubarak's diffidence in the British and desire of Persian protection. September - October 1899;
- XIII: Appointment of Muhsin [Muḥsin] Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. as Vasli of Basrah. Change of policy inaugurated. Turkish Decoration for Sheikh Mubarak 1899;
- XIV: Visit of the German Railway Commission to Koweit and their scheme to make Katham their Railway's Terminus, January 1900;
- XV: Proposal to make Koweit a Port of call for Mail steamers July 1900 - June 1901;
- XVI: Threatened hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and Amir of Nejd [Najd];
- XVII: Renewal of hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and the Amir of Nejd , December 1900 - May 1901;
- XVIII: (1) Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rasīd] seeks British protection, (2) Sheikh Mubarak asks for assumption of permanent British protectorate over Koweit, May - June 1901;
- XIX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by Amir of Nejd and the Turks, (2) Measures for defence of Koweit, (3) Attempt to settle difference between the Sheikh and Amir amicably, July - October 1901;
- XX: Question of defence of Koweit by sea and land, 1899-1901;
- XXI: Question of discontinuance of the use of the Turkish flag at Koweit, August - September 1901;
- XXII: Attempt to take the Sheikh of Koweit to Constantinople, November and December 1901;
- XXIII: Alarm at Koweit and Landing of British Guns, December 1901 - January 1902;
- XXIV: Prohibition of exports to Koweit from Turkish territory and movements of the Amir of Nejd, December 1901 - January 1902;
- XXV: Dispute about the Fao [al-Fāw] Estates, December 1901 - January 1902;
- XXVI: Occupation of Um Kasr [Umm Qaṣr], Bubyan [Būbīyān] Island and Subbiyah [al-Ṣubīyah] by the Turks, January - March 1902;
- XXVII: Complaints against the proceedings of the British Officer and the Sheikh of Koweit, March 1902;
- XXVIII: Sheikh Mubarak's offers of reconciliation with the Porte, March 1902;
- XXIX: Arrest of agent of Sheikh Mubarak at Basrah and his imprisonment, May - December 1902;
- XXX: Further movements of Ibn Rashid (2) Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal bin Sa‘ūd] in the field again, and captures Riadh [Riyadh], January, November 1902;
- XXXI: (1) Fear of Renewal of hostilities between Ibn Rashid and Sheikh Mubarak, (2) The Sheikh warned not to involved himself in difficulties with Nejd or the Turks, (3) Application of the Sheikh for guns, August - October 1902;
- XXXII: Threatened attack on Koweit from Mubarak's nephews and Sheikh Yusuf-el-Ibrahim. Lapwing case. September 1902 - January 1903;
- XXXIII: Ibn Rashid near Koweit and Sheikh Mubarak's movements, December 1902 - February 1903;
- XXXIV: Fao Estates' dispute, February 1903-04;
- XXXV: Importance of Khor Abdulla [Khawr ‘Abdullāh] as a future Railway terminus, etc. 1904;
- XXXVI: Recent movements of Ibn Rashid, January 1903 - March 1904;
- XXXVII: Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq] seek Russian protection, (2) Revolt of Sadun [Sa‘dūn] Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ;
- XXXVIII: Advance of a loan made to Sheikh Mubarak, March - May 1904;
- XXXIX: Opening of a British post office at Koweit, 1901-1904;
- XL: Appointment of British Agent at Koweit. June 1899 - August 1903;
- XLI: (1) Turkish aid to Ibn Rashid, (2) Proposed British protest, (3) Appointment of Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Koweit, April - October 1904.
The Appendices are as follows:
- A: Certain non-official reports about Koweit;
- B: Genealogical Table of Koweit chiefs;
- C: Note by Sir William Leo-Warner, dated 23 June 1898;
- D: Agreement with Sheikh Mubarak, January 1899;
- E: Communciation in Constantinople in regard to the proposal to make Koweit terminus of the Baghdad Railway, April 1900;
- F: Proposal made by Sir N O'Connor to advise Sheikh Mubarak to keep quiet, February 1901;
- G: (1) Correspondence in Europe regarding the proposed assumption of protectorate over Koweit, (2) misunderstanding between the Government of India and His Majesty's Government as regards the former's attitude in the matter, May - June 1901;
- H: Communication in London and Constantinople on Koweit affairs, August - September 1901;
- I: Communications in Europe about Turkish occupation of Um Kasr, etc. March 1902;
- J: Notes underlying letter to the 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , No. 2918.E.A., dated 7 September 1904.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (64 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged divided into forty one (identified by Roman numerals), which are followed by ten appendices (lettered A to J). There are paragraph numbers that are continuous throughout the whole volume, beginning on 1 at the start of the first section, and ending on 351 in the final section. A contents page and list of appendices are at the front of the volume (folios 5-6).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904' [17v] (34/128), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C239, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515249.0x000024> [accessed 27 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515249.0x000024
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515249.0x000024">'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904' [‎17v] (34/128)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515249.0x000024"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0001c5/IOR_L_PS_20_C239_0035.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0001c5/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C239
- Title
- 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:51r, 52r:53v, 54v:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence