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File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia' [172v] (344/398)
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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Copy of a letter No. g, dated the 25th July igo8, from His Britannic Majesty^
Consul, Basrah, 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.
In compliance with your request, I have the honour to report that on the
17th instant, I interviewed Tahir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Commandant of Basrah, on the subject
of Sheikh Mobarak’s claims at Fao.
He entirely confirmed the Vali’s assertion that this was purely a military
question. He maintained that the Government had a perfect right not only to
make good their present claim but also to expropriate a considerably larger
portion of Mobarak’s property, of which he possessed no title deeds. The land
in the proximity of the Fort is said by the Turks to have been originally sub
merged and unfit for cultivation and when the water retires all such land is
claimed as Government property. He suggested that if the Sheikh proved
recalcitrant in the matter the claims of the Government might be very largely
increased.
With regard to the destruction of the " bund,” the Commandant informed
me that only two sides had been overthrown. These had been newly erected
and interfered with the efficiency of the fort, being well within the circle with a
radius of 230 metres, which had been deemed necessary for the maintenance of
the position. In spite of this the military authorities had at present no intention
of asserting any claim to the lands behind the Fort, although they lay within
this zone. Tahir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
considers that it is quite impossible for the Government
to reduce their demands which he believes are extremely moderate and reason
able. He also says that very little injury has been inflicted on the Sheikh’s
lands, the partial destruction of the new Bund only affecting the enclosure of a
barren uncultivated strip, to the ownership of which M ubarak was never entitled.
G. C. B. P,, Simla.— No. C- 3'4 F. D. G.- 3 9 0S.— 24.- E. A. D’o.
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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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