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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [‎129r] (266/366)

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The record is made up of 1 file (181 folios). It was created in 9 Jan 1905-9 Dec 1905. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram, P., dated London, the 22nd April 1904,
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
T o— His Excellency the Viceroy.
ary Secret letter, dated 4th Febru-
His view is that the claim by His Maiestv 'i o/™ Ambassador, Constantinople,
property of the Sheikh of Koweit will lli tllat the isIand ^ the
as io 1902 and be points o^Tat tl o cnm^ .r.^ 1 " 011 " 17 by t!l9 Porte
island on behalf of the Sbeikb would be contrlrv tl P ° St the nor . fcb of the
the status quo on which he has based r, vc*.. * ,. principle of maintaining
bis Despatch dated the -tth April 190;! Yo -f 1 1° ^ferred to in
be possible to press for the withdrawn! r/t ho i\ i that it would
to inform the Porte after some mSIf ttl? Sh T- fr0m the islaiid ^d
result, tbat unless the Turkish foree is "witM e P leseilta ' 10a should produce no
support the Sheikh in establishing Vof The tf u
however, tiiat the whole force will DmteiW A* ^ island). He suggests,
question is allowed to lie-dormant aVTlCT removed before very long if the
been reduced during the last two vears from "O to fl " oea P ation ^
be ascertained definitely whether auv TnAkl, t '' t
Please furnish this i&rcktio® a^d ll are 8 «M ^ the fakni
O'Oonor's views. He also points out tbift tlf T J 6 5 '° ar 0 f'! nion ou Sir N -
abandonment by His Majesty's Qovc'nramt oAh^l" 1 ^ ** * P rflotioar
T e fcga m; P.,N„.^^E.A„d^ed% .
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ro—Libotes c. a. ^^WLL^CJX Politics# Eesident in & -e«siaii
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tain and ^et 5 a;Q y Tiirifisb. troops c^"^ 6 of Bubiyan ? Please asoer-
"tnow,
Telegram, j?.. "dated l5««sk a ^ ^ Cc - i 1904.
« ^-'- r BumEa. A.,K.«^ in thf r-
y to the Goveromoot G: ^ Foreign Department.
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Telegram, P., No. 1358-E. A., dated Simla, the 27th April 1904.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State India, London.
Tfn^ Ubi i ya \ island " ? le l Se ref f r ^ your te dated the 22nd April 1904.
Enquiry has been made through the Reiident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. whether
there are still Turkish troops m the islanc The case of the Government of
India is stated in paragraph 5 of olu - despatch, dated the 4th February 1904-
op^nmtffn f 0 i aim i? ^ ^ 1 asr I has 116611 weakened by acquiescence in the
w K that place by the Turks, vrho have constructed a considerable
tort there apparently in infringement of the As His Maiestv's
Government were only prepared in 1902 to resist Turkish advance on Subieh,
I did not suppose that the Sheikh's claim k)Um Kasr would be supported/more
especially as it rests mamly on his ancestral connection with the place which
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait and its vicinity.

The correspondence discusses the ongoing conflict between Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] and the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the Rashidi tribal dynasty, Abdul Aziz Ibn Mitab [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Mit‘ab] as well as Ottoman attempts to intervene militarily in support of the Rashidis and re-assert their authority in the region.

A limited number of letters contained in the file are direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the Ruler of Kuwait and various British officials. This correspondence discusses Kuwait's relations with both the Ottomans and the British.

The British authorities' desire for Bubayan island to be considered a part of Shaikh Mubārak's domains (at the expense of the Ottomans) is discussed at length in the file.

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1 file (181 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

An index of topics discussed in the file is included on ff. 2-3. This index uses numbers related to the foliation system printed (using a mechanical stamp) 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.

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Condition: A bound file.

Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page. There is an earlier, possibly original, foliation sequence that runs through the volume, which uses a mechanical stamp.

The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 102a.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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