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File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.' [‎230r] (123/154)

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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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r Telegram, dated tbe 24th September 1904.
From—Tbe Political Kesident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—Tbe Secretary to tbe Government of India, Foreign Department,
My telegram of 14th and 18th September last. Persepolis and Muzaffari
returned Bushireyesterday, bringing one Koweit dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. . Am enquiring into
reasons for seizure.
Telegram, dated Busbire, tbe 27tb September 1904.
From— Captain A. P. Trevor, Assistant to 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,
To—Tbe Secretary to tbe Government of India, Foreign Department.
Please refer to your telegram No. 73, dated the 23rd September 1904. I
have heard on good authority that on the 24th September 1904, the Director of
Customs at Mohammerah submitted the following report to the Ministry of
Customs:— Begins. Having received a report to the effect that a large number
of rifles had been shipped from Maskat for Gosbah, which is at the mouth of
the Shat-el-Arab, where there is no Custom-house, I sent Muzaffari there for
a few days simply to seize the arms. 42 rifles and nearly 6,000 cartridges have
been found and confiscated. Muzaffari left some days ago for Bushire.
Ends*
He does not mention having applied to the Sheikh for boats, I am having
enquiries made at Mohammerah. Two Koweit dhows have been seized ap
parently between Gosbah and Pao, one of them which had 14 rifles on board
was released on payment of a fine of 800 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. under protest : the other
which had 28 rifles on board has been detained at Bushire pending the payment
of a fine of 1,200 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
McDouall’s good offices have been accepted unofficially, but the Director-
General says that he is unable to discuss the matter here as the report has been
submitted to Tehran.
Address to the Legation at Tehran.
G. C. P?688) Simla.—No. 2287 I 1 . D.>-*3*10'04.’— B. C.
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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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76 folios
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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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