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'Memorandum respecting Koweit' [143v] (2/27)
The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 30 Oct 1901. 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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to the Porte an arrangement by which British
ships of war should be instructed to pursue their
operations for the repression of piracy as (ar as
possible outside the territorial waters of the
Arabian mainland north of Odeid, but should
also have authority to pursue and capture
piratical vessels within the 3-mile limit on that
part of the coast wherever this might seem
indispensable to the attainment of their object.
This arrangement, which would by implication
have admitted Turkish territorial sovereignty as
far south as El Odeid (which is south of Ojair), str A. Layard,
was mentioned by Sir A. Layard to the Turkish ^y 4 ) 9 ! 6, 1880
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and submitted by them to the Council of
Ministers, but got no farther.
In August 1888, in consequence of a report To S^r w. white,
that the Turkish Government contemplated an August 29, 1888.
attack on Oman, Sir W. White was instructed
that Her Majesty's Government recognized
Turkish jurisdiction on the coast as far as El
Khateef, and were anxious that it should be effec
tively exercised within those limits. Beyond that
point Her Majesty's Government considered the
Chiefs to be independent. (El Khateef, though
situated to the north of Ojair and Odeid, is still
considerably south of Koweit.)
Sir W. White, in reply, called attention to No. 38),
, ,. u m i • -u • • October 1, 1888.
some recent practical assertions or Turkish juris
diction south of El Khateef, and represented that
it would be difficult to lay down that Khateef
was the hard and fast limit beyond which
Turkish influence should not extend. He did
not therefore make any statement on this point
in his communication to the Porte protesting
against any aggression on Oman.
In April 1893 Sir C. Eord stated officially to
the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs that Her
Majesty's Government admitted Turkish sove
reignty from Bussorah to El Khateef.
Two Memoranda, prepared in 1896-97, at the
time when the present Sheikh Mubarak was
making efforts to consolidate the position he had
acquired by the murder of his brothers, show
considerable divergence between the views of
British officials as to the actual status of Koweit
at that time.
The first, by Mr. Stavrides, legal adviser to in Mr. Herbert,
the Embassy at Constantinople, contains the Jul) 6 ' 1896 '
following:—
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This is a confidential memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office on 30 October 1901, and authored by Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt, dated 29 Oct 1901. The memorandum primarily focuses on the position of Koweit [Kuwait] in regards to Turkey (Ottoman Empire) from 1871 onwards. In the left and righ hand margins there are references to various correpondence, reports and agreements between 1878 and 1901, as well as giving subject headings, which include: 'Difficulties with Turkey', 'German railway scheme', 'Dispute between Koweit and Nejd [Najd]', 'Defences of Koweit', 'Use of Turkish flag in Koweit', and 'Proposal to make Koweit a port of call for Mail-steamers'. Folios 150 to 151 include extracts of correspondence from Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Anthopoulo Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , dated 11 September 1901, and Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, Commander-in-chief, East Indies, to Admiralty, dated 31 August and 4 October 1901. There is an Annex between folios 152 and 153, which includes a translated agreement ('Arabic bond') with the Sheikh of Kuwait, Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ, dated 23 January 1899, signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, and witnessed by E Wickham Hore, Captain of the Indian Medical Service (IMS), John Calcott Gaskin, and Muhammad Rahim bin Abdul Nebi Saffer [Muḥammad Raḥim bin ‘Abd al-Nabī Ṣafar], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Bahrain and friend of the Sheikh of Kuwait; and a translation of an Arabic letter from Meade to the Sheikh of Kuwait, dated 23 January 1901.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 143, and terminates at folio 153, since it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the top right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Memorandum respecting Koweit'
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