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File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.' [282r] (73/154)
The record is made up of 77 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1904-30 Aug 1905. It was written in English and French. 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.
Sir A. Hardinge to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received February 17, 11 p.m.)
(No. 16.)
(Telegraphic.) Tehran, February 17, 1905, 4*40 p.m.
KOWEIT. Before sending in note in sense of yonr telegram No. 7, I sounded
Minister of Customs on question. He said that action of Customs was due to orders
given them early in December last by Mushir-ed-Dowleh to decline to admit inter
vention either of British or Turkish Representative on behalf of Koweit Arabs. I
understood him to say that Persian Government regarded Koweit as independent State.
Under these circumstances, perhaps your Lordship may prefer to reconsider proposed
course.
If I can first get an official declaration by Persian Government that they regard
Koweit as independent, and then communicate text or substance of Sheikh’s
Agreement with ourselves, this would strengthen our claim to ask that Koweit Arabs
should he treated on same lines as Afghans. Would there he any objection to
acquainting Persian Government officially, hut, if need he, confidentially, with these
arrangements ? Should I simply ask for Afghan treatment, they might demand to he
officially imformed on what ground we claim it.
(Repeated to Bushire and India.)
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The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by 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); HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Marquess of Lansdowne); and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and 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 papers include: an intervention 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. to ensure that a British representative was present at the trial of a 'Koweit Arab' in Persia, June-August 1904 (folios 320-323); papers concerning the question of protection for subjects of Kuwait on Persian territory, and incidents of interference by Persian customs with Kuwaiti merchant vessels, June-December 1904 (folios 286-319), including the question of what flag should be flown by Kuwait vessels (folio 291); and papers concerning diplomatic contacts over the status of subjects of Kuwait in Persia between HM Minister at Tehran and the Persian Government, February-August 1905 (folios 248-285).
The French language content of the papers consists of copies of two letters (folios 261 and 276).
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- File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.'
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- 246r:260v, 261v:275v, 276v:322v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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