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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [130v] (269/366)
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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Tbe Government of India urge tliat at the time when this opinion was
^iven, the strategic importance of a military post at the northern end of
Bubiyan Island had not been fully realised.
It may, on the other hand, be argued that at the present moment the
forcible ejection of Turkish force from a post on the Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
would be even more inopportune and inconvenient than in 1902,
Before further discussing the question, I should wish to learn whether
your Excellency has any ground for anticipating that the attitude oi the
Turkish Government would be more compliant in present circumstances than
you anticipated at the time when your telegram above quoted was written.
I am, &c.,
(Sd.) [Omitted,']
Sir N. O'Conok tq Marquess or La^sdownb.
Constantinople,
April 5th, 1904,
No. 249.
M y L ord,
I have considered with the greatest care the views set forth in the Go
vernment of India's despatch. Secret, of the 4th February last, a copy of which
your Lordship did me the honour of enclosing in your despatch No. 107 of
the 22nd March, while asking me at the same time to state whether I had any
reason for thinking that the attitude of the Turkish Government would be
more compliant in present circumstances than in 1902.
While desirous to give all due weight to the views of the Government of
India, which are based on the intimate knowledge of the local situation of
affairs acquired by the Viceroy of India during his late visit to the Khor
Abduila, 1 have no hesitation in saying that the Ottoman Government will
resent now, quite as much as in 1902, any claim advanced by His Majesty's
Government to Bubiyan Island being the property of the Sheikh of Koweit.
I do not consider, however, in face of the knowledge which we have since
acquired as to the strategic and general importance of the position, that this
need deter us from upholding a claim which I carefully reserved in my language
to the Minister for Foreign Affairs reported to your Lordship in my despatch
No. 153 of April 1st, 1902.
1 see no serious objection to recurring to the subject and reminding the
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the reservations I made in 1902 with regard to
Bubiyan as well as to Umasr, but as I then based my remarks on the main
tenance of the status quo, of which the occupation of these places was a
violation, it would be difficult to use the status quo argument, if the Govern
ment of India intend to occupy a port on the northern end of the island on
behalf of Sheikh Mubarek. I can, however, urge the Porte not to lose sight
of my previous remarks, and complain of the continued maintenance of a
Turkish military station on the south-east corner of the island, and press for
its withdrawal. If after the lapse of some months, it is found that my re
presentations have produced no effect, I would then propose to adopt the
alternative course suggested in the Government of India's despatch by stating
to the Porte that, unless the Turkish force is withdrawn, we shall be con
strained to support the Sheikh in establishing a post on the island. The fact
that the number of Turkish soldiers stationed at the south-east corner has
gradually been reduced in the course of two years from twenty to six, rather
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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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- 'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:19r, 20r:101v, 102ar:102av, 102r:178v, back-i
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