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File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.' [181r] (23/154)
The record is made up of 76 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907. 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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No. 193 or 1903.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
To
The Right Hon’ble JOHN MORLEY, O.M.,
Bis Majesty’s Secretary of State for India.
Poet William, the 27th December 1906.
Sir,
We have the honour to refer to the correspondence ending with your
y telegram, dated the 13th June 1906, regarding the adoption by the Sheikh of
Koweit of a distinctive flag for his ship-
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Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
on the
subject.
2. It is clear from Captain Knox’s report, dated the 30th September 1906*
that Sheikh Mubarak is not disposed to adopt the distinctive flag unless he is
fortified by an assurance that he will not he permitted to suffer from following
the advice given him in this connection by 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.
. The
grant of such an assurance might, however, involve us in responsibilities
of a somewhat extended character, since the opportunities which the Turks
enjoy of inflicting injury on the Sheikh and his subjects are by no means con
fined to Koweit territory, in respect of which we are already pledged to defend
* Vide his letter to Sir Edward Grey, No. 358, llim - We note > ^WOVer, that it Was
dated the 23rd May 1906. ’ ^cognised* by Sir N. O’Connor, whose
views were apparently accepted by His Majesty’s Government, that in the
event of the Sheikh’s accepting our advice, it was incumbent on His Majesty’s
tained of our intentions by the Turkish Government, but if the Embassy at
Constantinople believe that some means can he found of securing the Koweitis
ports, we venture to suggest, for the consideration of Plis Majesty’s Govern
ment, that the recognition of this obligation might now uuobjectionably he
conveyed to Sheikh Mubarak, more especially as from Major Cox’s letter of the
21st October 1906 it appears that the Central Turkish Customs have gone so far
as to insist on treating Koweit and even Bahrein as ports of the Turkish Empire,
() ) (1) No. 2416, dated the 14th October 1906, with
enclosures.
ping, and to forward a copy of the
marginally-noted letters from the Political
(2) No. 2478, dated the 21st October 1906.
Government to see that he did not suffer from the consequences in so far as
they depended on the action of the Turkish Government.
3. The position is not devoid of difficulty owing to the suspicions enter-
against injury at the hands of the Turkish officials at Basrah and other Turkish
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The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].
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. (Major 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. , Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox); the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor); and senior officials of Government of India.
The papers cover: correspondence concerning the question of the protection that the British Government should give to subjects of Kuwait in Persian territory, June-December 1904 (folios 220-246); a report that the Ambassador at Constantinople saw no objection to the adoption by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of a distinctive flag for Kuwait vessels, while retaining his existing flag for use in Kuwait, February-March 1905 (folios 217-219); correspondence concerning the proposed use by the Shaikh of Kuwait of the Turkish flag with the addition of the word 'Koweit' written across it in Arabic letters (including colour drawings of the proposed flag, folios 199-203), and specimen shipping certificate, July 1905 - July 1906 (folios 190-216); and correspondence concerning the Shaikh of Kuwait's concerns over the likely consequences of his adoption of the new flag, particularly his fears of 'oppressive measures' from Turkish officials at Basrah [Basra] and other Turkish ports, August 1906 - March 1907 (folios 176-188).
The Arabic language content of the papers is confined to Arabic wording on the specimen shipping certificate and drawings of the proposed Kuwait flag, between folios 192 and 201.
The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents; the date range of the Secret Department minute papers given on the subject divider on folio 171 is 1905-07.
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