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File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia' [‎93r] (185/398)

The record is made up of 199 folios. It was created in 12 Jan 1908-18 Sep 1912. 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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2. When visiting me after his return from a trip up-river at which he had
met the Wali of Basrah, the Sheikh informed me that he thought the case of this
embankment had at last reached a conclusion. He said that the Wali and the
Officer Commanding the troops at Basrah had both been to Fao, had told him
that he was at liberty to repair the embankment whenever it should become
necessary and had also given the Commandant of the Fao Fort strict injunctions
that he should not again interfere with similar works on Sheikh Mubarak’s
properties when they required repairs.
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consider the fort of any military value and that the Wali has an idea that it would
be of more use if demolished and converted into a school!
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4. Sheikh Mubarak said that during the year the soldiers had been annoying
his men at Fao in petty ways, which he had not reported to us as they were of a
trifling nature, but he now hoped that he would have no further trouble from the
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No. 979, dated Bushire, the 24th April igio.
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From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E., 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. ,
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To—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. , Koweit.
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I have the honour to refer to your letter No. C.-17, dated 13th April 1910,
regarding the registration of the transfer of the Fadaghia property.
2. The line you took in discussing the subject with the Sheikh as explained \
in paragraph 5 of your letter appears to me to have been correct.
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3. As you are aware, I just missed Sheikh Mubarak in the Shatt-el-Arab on
7th April, but I enquired from Sheikh Khazal if he knew what had passed between
Sheikh Mubarak and the Wali on the subject of the Fadaghia registration
difficulty, and he replied that the Wali was still pressing Mubarak to register in
his own name as a Turkish subject, but that the latter was firmly resolved not
to do so, but was considering the pros and cons of registering in the name of his
blind son.
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Please maintain vigilance in regard to this matter and report any further
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The papers concern relations between Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit [Kuwait] and the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire]; particularly in regard to the purchase by the Shaikh of date gardens at Fao [Al Fāw] on the Shatt-al-Arab, and property at Fadaghia, near Fao, both of which were in Turkish territory. In both cases, the Turkish authorities insisted that the Shaikh should first register himself as an Ottoman subject before they would allow the legal formalities of ownership to be completed.

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. , Kuwait (Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909 Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the British Consul at Basrah (also referred to as Bussorah) [Basra] (Francis Edward Crow); the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Gerald Augustus Lowther); Shaikh Mubarak; and senior officials of 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 Foreign Office.

The papers cover: papers concerning the Fao property, including the Shaikh's appeals for a committee of inquiry and arbitration over the matter, January 1908 - July 1909 (folios 115-199); papers concerning the Fadaghia property, February 1909 - December 1910 (folios 6-114); Foreign Office paper containing a memorandum communicated to the Turkish Ambassador concerning the Bagdad railway question and other matters, July 1911 (folios 4-5); and correspondence concerning a false report in a Turkish newspaper that an allowance had been granted by the Turkish Government to Shaikh Mubarak, May-July 1912 (folios 2-3).

The French language content of the papers is confined to three folios of newspaper extracts (folios 133-135).

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents contained in the papers; the covering dates of the Secret Department minute papers that enclose them, as given on folio 1, are 1908-1912.

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