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'File 53/7 D (D 7) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, January 1905 - December 1905' [133r] (274/366)
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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Beceived on 13th June with Political Secretary's letter No, 22, dated 27th
May 1904.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's
Grovernment.]
KOWEIT. [May 13.1
CONFIDENTTAL. Section ^
No. 1.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Foreign Office, May, 13, 1904.
S ir,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 3rd May, respecting the claim of the Sheikh
of Koweit to Bubian Island, and to inclose, for Mr. Secretary Brodrick's
information, a coyy of a despatch which has been addressed to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Constantinople on the subject.*
^ Lord Lansdowne would suggest that the proposals previously made for
taking active measures in support of the Sheikh s authority might be con
sidered at a later date should his Excellency's representations remain for
some time without effect.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) T. H. SANDERSON.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's
Government.]
KOWEIT. [May 10. ]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2.
No. 1.
The Marquess of Lansdowne to Sir N. 0'Conor,
(No. 178.)
Foreign Office, May 10, 1904.
S ir,
With reference to your Excellency's despatch No. 249 of the 5th
April, I transmit herewith copies of correspondence with 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.
on the subject of the claim of the Sheikh of Koweit to Bubian Island.f
I authorize your Excellency to make the representation suggested in the
fourth paragraph of that despatch, reminding the Porte of your previous
remonstrances against the maintenance of a Turkish military station on the
south-east corner of the island, and pressing for its withdrawal.
I have suggested to the Secretary of State for India, that the further steps
proposed by him might be considered later should your Excellency's representa-
tioas remain for some time without effect.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) LANSDOWNE.
* To Sir N. O'Conor, No. 178, May 10, 1904.
f To
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.
, April 18; to Viceroy (
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.
, April 25), April 22 (Telegraphic);
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.
, April 28;
ditto April 30 j ditto, May 3, 1904.
6
G. C. Prsss. Simla.— No. C. 18J M. D.-18-C-04.-52,-R. S. W,
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:19r, 20r:101v, 102ar:102av, 102r:178v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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