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File 1855/1904 Pt 5 'Koweit: Coal depot.' [‎6r] (20/374)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (183 folios). It was created in 24 Apr 1905-7 Feb 1917. It was written in English. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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JZnclcsures to Despatch No. A>6/ {Foreign and Foliliccl), dated the
£2** December 1916.
Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram No. 36, dated Bushire, the 13th May 1916.
From—The Naval Commander-in-Chief,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.
"Will you kindly postpone till end of the War the consideration of any
question of the transfer of coaling dep6ts from Busbire to Koweit.
Enclosure No. 2.
Telegram No. 570-M, dated Simla, the 22nd May 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department,
To—His Excellency the Naval Commander in-Chief, Bombay.
Will you kindly refer to Marine Department telegram No. 1671-7-M,
dated the *10th February 1915. The Secretary of State for India haying
approved the transfer of the coaling depot from Bushire to Koweit, the Govern
ment of Bombay was asked to issue the necessary instructions for the construc
tion of works at Koweit. With Marino Department letter No. 1671-14-M,
dated the 31st March 1915, a copy of this order was sent to the Senior Naval
Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Will your Excellency kindly inform me of tl e reasons
why you recommend the postponement of the transfer in order that the
position may be explained to the Secretary of State for India.
This is with reference to your Excellency’s telegram No. 36, dated the
13th May 1916.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram No. 42, dated 31st May 1916.
From—The Naval Commander in-Chief, East Indies,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.
But for strategical reasons, I have no objection to coal dep6ts being com
menced at Koweit. During the war His Majesty’s ships must coal at Bushire
and therefore it is undesirable at present to remove coaling station from
Bushire. There are also no telegraph cable or wireless telegraph station at
Koweit. This is with reference to your telegram No. 573-M , dated the 22nd
May 1916.
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Telegram No. 632-M, dated the 3rd June 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department,
To—The Director, Royal Indian Marine.
It has been represented by His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief
that it is not desirable to remove the coaling station to Koweit from Bu^hire.
Until further orders no action is therefore to he taken to remove the depdt.
This is with reference to the correspondence ending with Marino Department
endorsement, dated the 27th September 1915, No. 885-M.

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The volume contains part 5 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait].

The principal correspondents are the 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); 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. at Kuwait (Major Stuart George Knox, later Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (Rear-Admiral Edmond John Warre Slade); the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Public Works Department, Bombay Castle; and senior officials at the Foreign Office, 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. , the Government of India, and the Admiralty.

The papers cover: the proposal (made by Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, British Ambassador at Constantinople) to establish a coal depot at Kuwait after the withdrawal by the Government of the Ottoman Empire from British steamship companies of coaling privileges at Basra, and the move rendered unnecessary after the restoration of those privileges, April-August 1905, (ff 158-181); the proposal by the 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. (Cox) to replace the coal depot for British naval ships at Bushire with one at Kuwait, May 1907 - January 1908 (ff 153-157); the selection by the Government of India of a suitable site at Kuwait (with maps and plans, folios 125, 126, 128), and the approval of the Admiralty and Foreign Office, July 1908 - August 1910 (ff 106-152); further correspondence, plans, and estimates, including a memorandum dated 31 March 1911 (ff 88-94) by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (Slade), criticising plans for the proposed coal depot as being on too large a scale, and the proposal deferred pending the outcome of negotiations with the Turkish Government, August 1910 - May 1913 (ff 36-105); Foreign Office approval for the immediate transfer of the coal depot from Bushire to Kuwait, January-August 1915 (ff 15-35); and the decision by the Government of India to postpone the transfer until the end of the [First World] war, November-December 1916 (ff 3-14).

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the volume, including the Secret (later Political and Secret) Department minute/reference papers, which are dated 1905-17.

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1 volume (183 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1855 (Koweit [Kuwait]) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/47-51. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, parts 6, 7, and 8 comprising the fourth volume, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the fifth volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 181; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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