File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia' [‎168v] (336/398)

Dated 12th AiluJ 302.
The signature of the head of the Commission. Bimbashi.
To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, the above is a true
translation but the Turkish had to be rendered into Arabic and then retranslated,
as the undersigned knows no Turkish.
S. G. KNOX, Major,
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,
APPENDIX B.
Translation.
This is a copy of the answer of the Kaim-mokam at Fao to the questions
of the Walayat, dated 1st Nissan 324, letter No. 32.
The arrival with honour of your exalted order dated 1st Nissan 324, No. 32
on the subject of the property enjoyed by and pertaining to its honoured owner,
Mobarak Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. us Subah, situate in Fao.
To protect it from destruction by water he (Sheikh Mobarak) constructed
an embankment and the soldiers of the Fort by night destroyed the embankment.
They claim that the land is taken from the river and is the property of the Gov
ernment. And the facts appear from examination and at the time of the
enquiry.
The embankment about which the question is put is in Fao and as to the
ownership of it, what appears from the enquiry from disinterested persons and
the people who have infomation is that these embankments are of old time for
the protection and preservation and the final issue of orders is reserved to your
high opinion.
Signature of the Kaim-mokam of Fao.
And on 25th Rabi al Awmal 1326, H.—igth Nissan 324, and from the letter of
the Wali to the Kaim-mokdm at Fao.
This question must be presented before the Imperial threshhold. We enjoin
upon you as to the truth of it, before a great responsibility comes upon you.
The Kaim-mokam of Fao replied.
Certainly all the enclosed lands enter into the Fao property, because in old
times they used to embank them and repair them against the overflow of the
waters for the purpose of protecting the date trees
and, as for the embankment which the soldiers broke, it is from the lands of these
embankments and therefore, if there should be against it an objection because of
its propinquity to the Fort, then the order pertains to your knowledge.
No. 396, dated Basrah, the 17th July 1908 (Confidential),
From— Major S. G. Knox, 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— Major P. Z. Cox, 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. , Bushire.
In continuation of correspondence epding with your office telegram, dated
the gth instant, on the subject of Sheikh Mobarak’s Fao properties, 1 have the
honour to report that I arrived in R, I. M* S, “ Lawrence ” at Basrah on the
morning of the 15th instant.