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'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations' [‎19r] (45/709)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (355 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1912-2 Jul 1913. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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From Resident Bushire.
To Foreign Delhi.
Repeated 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. London,
No. 588.
Dated 26 th March 1913,
The Sheikft of Koweit writing on 11th March informs me
that the Ottoman Government authorities has asked re
presentative of the Sheikh of Koweit at Busreh to obtain
from the Sheikh of Koweit confidentially a memorandum
claimed ■by-
Getting forth the boundaries of territory H£ A the Sheikh
of Koweit. In reply the Sheikh of Koweit says he has
given his representative a memorandum to show informally
to the Ottoman Government authorities as desired and
sends me a copy of it.
Document rather crudely worded, but the following is
the boundary claimed as I read it.
The Sheikh of Koweit claims that Jubail-al-Bahri is his
southern limit on coast. North of that point coastwards
he claims everything as far as Khor Abdullah including
Failakah, Bubian, V/arbah and their waters. On the north
he includes Um Kasr and Safwan in his limits. From Safwan
boundary goes due west to Batin and thence follows Batin
to include Hafar thence to the most southerly point in
the south centre which he places at A1 Habeh said to be
just south of Minaisir-al-Ghara. From thence boundary
claimed by him passes south of Anta and thence south
eastwards to the coast at Jubail-al-Bahri.
Addressed Foreign Delhi. Repeated 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. .
Cox.
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The volume contains correspondence, memorandums, maps and newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed Baghdad to Basra railway, an extension of the German Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, 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. at Bushire, William Shakespear, 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 Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Nicolson, Permanent Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Edward Goschen, British Ambassador to Berlin, the Board of Trade, William Graham Greene, Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, the Government of India, the 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. , and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait.

The volume covers the discussion over various matters, with numerous draft conventions and agreements sent back and forth between the various governmental offices and departments. Documents relating to Cox's successful attempts to obtain the acceptance of the agreement from Sheikh Khazal of Mohammerah and Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait are also included. The issues discussed as matters for agreement with Turkey include:

Other subjects that feature are Sheikh Mubarak's temporary illness, and reports of the dispatch of Turkish troops to Qatar, contrary to agreements.

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1 volume (355 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. There is an earlier foliation system that runs through the volume, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, as well as the top-left corner of any verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages bearing written or printed matter.The following anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 104b, 278a.The following folios are foldouts: 1 (attached to inside front cover), 14, 15, 25, 46, 66, 82, 83, 89, 92, 125, 126, 208, 218-22, 231, 294, 338, 340.

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