File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia' [‎82r] (163/398)

Copy of a letter, dated 24th Jemadi 1 1328 (3rd June igro),from Abdul Wahab
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , el Kertas to Sheikh Mubarak es Subah.
After Compliments —I beg to state that after entering Basrah I went out in
the forenoon and was informed of your arrival, I was sorry for not having met you.
As regards the settlement of el Fadaghia affair an order has been received for the
settlement to be effected. In consideration of my sincere regards I venture to
tell you to avail yourself of this opportunity and have this settlement effected in
the same way as you requested in the days of Mahram Bey, and do not lose
this chance because delay will produce evil in every way—either on the part of the
Government or on that of my cousin Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , as I guess he will depose
me of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . I think you should not delay the affair. May God guide
the Honourable Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . His dealings with me are all of a hostile charac
ter and it is now more than i-| months that he does not communicate with me,
but communicates with another.
At any rate your opinion is higher and please favour me with your services,
I write this letter in haste.
No. 203, dated Bushire, the 7th June 1910.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Resinent in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To— Sheikh Mubarak es Subah, Ruler of Koweit.
After Compliments .—Your esteemed letter of 26th Jemadi el Awwal 1328
duly reached me and l understood its contents. I am very sorry to learn that the
question of the registration of the transfer of the Fadaghia property is giving you
so much difficulty. I know well that the matter in question is a very important
one and have represented the present state of the case and your requests to
Government by telegram, and trust that they will be able to devise wise means
of achieving a satisfactory solution of the difficulty. I will write again directly
I receive news from them.
May you be preserved.
No. C.-35, dated Koweit, the 8th June 1910 (Confidential).
From— Captain W. H. I. Shakespear, I. A., 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. , Koweit,
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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
I have the hononr to invite a reference to the correspondence ending with
my letter No. C-26, dated the nth May 1910, regarding Sheikh Mubarak’s
property at Fadaghia.
2. On his return from Basrah where the Sheikh had meft the Wali, he in
formed me that he had sent a long and urgent letter to you from Fao giving the
latest demands of the Turkish officials. The Sheikh also furnished me with a
copy of this letter to you of the 26th Jemadi el Awwal 1328, together with a copy
of the enclosure.
3. The case is very plainly set out in the Sheikh’s letter and it is therefore
unnecessary to repeat its purport here. Sheikh Mubarak for some reason,
which I cannot at present divine, was most anxious that I should see the original
of Abdul Wahab el Kertas' letter (a copy of which accompanied the Sheikh’s
letter) and that 1 should inform you that I had done so. He seemed to attach
great importance to the advice tendered by Abdul Wahah el Kertas not to delay
in registering the property although it necessitated compliance with the Turkish
demands as a necessary preliminary.
4. The Sheikh said he was most anxious, for Abdul Wahab’s letter showed
that for some reason Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Zoheir did not seem to be as well disposed to
him (Abdul Wahab el Kertas) as he used to be, and if he caused any trouble the
Sheikh would be left without a remedy. The Sheikh by this insinuation means J