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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Statement,
The limits of Kuwait and of the tribes subordinate to the Shaikh are as
defined in annex 4 to the British note of the 18th July 1912. That is to
say—
2. From the coast at the mouth of the Khor-es-Zubair the line proceeds
in a north-westerly direction up to and past the walls of the port at Safwan
to Jebel Sanam and the Ar Ratk ridge. From the latter point it runs in a
south-westerly direction along the Batin to, and including, the wells of Hafar,
whence it turns to the south-east between the districts of Summan and
Dabanah, till it reaches the route from Wabrah to Riyadh. From that point
it runs north-east to the Na'airiyah till at the north-west corner of Radaif, and
thence to the coast at Jebel Manifah.
3. The islands included in the limits of Kuwait are those mentioned in
the annex above referred to,
4. Within the limits specified a circle shall be drawn with Kuwait town
as its centre and a radius of approximately 60 English miles, including
Warba Island and the mid-channel of the Khor Abdullah to the north, Qrain
Hill to the south, and Kubbar Island on the south-east. Within the territory
thus circumscribed the complete autonomy of the Shaikh of Kuwait shall be
guaranteed, as defined in the British Note of the 29th July 1911.
5. Outside this circle and within the wider limits described in paragraph
1, the existing status quo shall be maintained, i.e., the Shaikh shall continue to
levy tithes, and there shall be no direct Turkish administration, and no Turkish
garrisons; and further, the Turkish Government shall agree to take no action,
military or other, within those limits without previous arrangement with us.
6. Provided that there shall be a right of way for the passage of Turkish
troops by the recognised caravan routes across Kuwait limits in the direction
of Nejd, without, however, the right of establishing posts and garrisons as above
mentioned.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Anta'a,
Extract oj letter from Major S. G. Knox^ Political Agenty Kuwaiti dated the
23rd May 1908.
It does not appear, so far as my information goes, Anta'a is in any shape
or form a portion of the Walayat of Basra. It was a halting place thirty-five
years ago for the Turkish expeditionary force that took El Ahsa, and since
then only one Turkish official has ever visited it, and he formed the solitary
Turk in a raiding party of the Ajman tribe on the Umtair. The inhabitants
declare themselves to be subjects of Shaikh Mubarak-as-Subah, and this is
supported by the statement of the Shaikh, but it would seem that the de facto
suzerain at present is Muhammad-bin-Hithlain, Shaikh of the Ajman, who
was imprisoned last year by Shaikh Mubarak.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Extracts from Major Knox's report.
The 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. was unfortunately bound by his own voluntary
undertaking given to Shaikh Mubarak that he would not proceed further south
than Anta'a villages, and so nothing better than a short excursion to the hill
of Midr'a, which permitted of the return in one day, could be attempted, but
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Amya promises to repay further examination.
It does not appear that the Turk has ever established any effective occu
pation there and to elicit this fact alone has amply repaid the 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.
for his journey, .