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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 Koweit limits in the direction of Nejd, without,
however, the right of establishing posts and garrisons as above mentioned.
Enclosure 2 in Xo. 1.
Antaa.
Extract of letter from Major S. G. Knox, 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. , Koweit,
dated the 23rd May, 1908.
IT does not appear, so far as my information goes, that Anta’a is in any shape or
form a portion oi the Walayat of Bussorah. It was a halting place thirty-five years ago
for the Turkish expeditionary force that took A1 Alisa and, since then, only one
Turkish official has ever visited it, and he formed the solitary Turk in a raiding party
of fhe Ajman tribe on^the Umtair. Che inhabitants declare themselves to be subjects
of Sheikh Mubarak-as-Subah, and this is supported by the statement of the sheikh, but
it would seem that the de facto suzerain at present is Muhammad-bin-Hithlain, Sheikh
of the Ajman, who was imprisoned last year by Sheikh Mubarak.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Extracts from Major Knox's Report.
■ THI E. P ", li , ti ^ 1 was unfortunately bound by his own voluntary undertaking
given to oiieikh 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 lurk has ever established any effective occupation
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.
• t? 6 A n t a a maintained, without leading questions, that their relations
with Koweit were of the most friendly and binding nature, and that they considered
the Sheikh of Koweit as their suzerain rather than the Amirs of Riadh or the Turk
at El Ahsa.
Sheikh Mubarak looks upon Anta’a as within the Koweit boundaries, and the fact
i th ® Welc ? me rec f ved h 7 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. , and the possibility of his travelling
the lot) miles to that point without the slightest molestation of any kind, lends
support to the view, and enables one to form an estimate of the hold that the Koweit
Sheikh has obtained over the surrounding country.
I oreign visitors have, up to date, been only Turkish.
The first was one A1 Eakhri, who had with him soldiers in the time of Ibrahim
Kasha, who took Addir lya, probably an Egyptian.
Then came a Turkish commandant with soldiers about thirty-five years ago PI at
the time of the Turks’ entry into El ’Ahsa. After this visit came another, Brahim
rassa, unaccompanied by soldiers this time, and apparently raiding with the famous
Ajman chief, Raikan, on the Umtair. Phis gentleman is said to have formed a
pioject for building a fort here for the Turkish Government, but it came to nothino-.
Apparently, the people of Anta’a do not pay tribute to anybody except the akhawat to
the Bedouins, neither to Bin S’ud, nor to Bin Subah, nor to the Turks.
tv a- s rights are one-tenth of produce of village, but no other rights whatever.
Uimcult cases are brought to Koweit for shara’ settlement.