'File 73/7 III (D 24) Status of Kuwait & Anglo-Turkish negotiations' [‎108v] (229/709)

A nnexe I.
Agreement of January 23, 1899, with Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
Praise be to God alone {lit. in the name of God Almighty) (" Bissim Illah Ta'alah Shanuho").
THE object of writing this lawful and honourable bond is, that it is hereby-
covenanted and agreed between Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C.,
Her Britannic Majesty's 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 behalf of the British Government, on
the one part, and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, Sheikh of Koweit, on the other
part; that the said Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, of his own free will and desire,
does hereby pledge and bind himself, his heirs and successors, not to receive the agent or
representative of any Power or Government at Koweit, or at any other place within
the limits of his territory, without the previous sanction of the British Government;
and he further binds himself, his heirs and successors, not to cede, sell, lease, mortgage,
or give for occupation or for any other purpose, any portion of his territory to the
Government or subjects of any other Power without the previous consent of Her
Majesty's Government for these purposes. This engagement also to extend to any
portion of the territory of the said Sheikh Mubarak which may now be in possession of
the subjects of any other Government.
In token of the conclusion of this lawful and honourable bond, Lieutenant-Colonel
Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C., Her Britannic Majesty's 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, and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, the former on behalf of the British
Government, and the latter on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, do each, in
the presence of witnesses, affix their signatures, on this the 10th day of Ramazan, 1316,
corresponding with the 23rd day of January, 1899.
(L.S.) M. J. 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. .
(L.S.) MUBARAK-EL-SUBAH.
Witnesses:
(L .S.) E. W ickham H ore, Captain, I.M.S.
(L .S.) J. C alcott G askin.
(L.S.) M uhammad R ahim-bin- A bdul N ebi S affer.
A nnexe II.
Agreement by Sheikh Mubarek-bin-Subah, Chief of Koweit.
(Translation.)
I AGREE to absolutely prohibit the importation of arms into Koweit or
exportation therefrom, and to enforce this I have issued a notification and proclamation
to all concerned.
Dated this 24th day of Moharrum, 1318 (24th day of May, 1900).
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah.)
A nnexe III.
Postal Agreement of February 28, 1904, with the Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
AS the British Government has agreed, in accordance with my desire and for the
benefit of traders, to establish a post-office at Koweit, I, on my part, agree not to allow
the establishment here of a post-office by any other Government. I accordingly write
this undertaking on behalf of myself and my successors.
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah.)
Koweit, the 11th Zil Haj, 1321
{February 28, 1904).