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File 1855/1904 Pt 9 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikhs claim to Bubiyan, Warba & Umkasr' [312r] (225/228)
The record is made up of 113 folios. It was created in 8 Dec 1903-11 Apr 1910. It was written in English. 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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protection by the Indian Government, and has been directed to establish two
posts, one on the north side of Bubiyan island and the other on the north
west corner, and the Turks will be warned by him to leave the island.
, ,, 52 ' 0n proceeding out of the Khor Abdullah I noticed a fl’at with 4
fathoms on it, at about 1| hours’ flood. The Khor requires a careful survey.
XL— Khor Musa.
53. Having anchored off Khor Musa at 11-30 p.m. in the Sphinx with
followin^day m COmpany ’ we Proceeded up the Khor at daylight on the
When once we were sure that we had struck the entrance, navigation was
quite easy This is ascertained by seeing Bu Saif, a low point with a few trees
on it, and the islet of Aitch Shaham. From this the Khor is a splendid sheet
of water, ending at anchorage No. 1. where a large fleet could anchor. Here
i branches into the inlet leading to No. 2, which we did not enter, and to
No. 3 anchorage.
We went up to within about 1| miles of No. 3, and anchored in 36 feet,
whilst a party landed to test the mud flats. It was thought that at high water
springs the flats would he covered.
The landing at No. 1 will be a difficulty, no doubt, for the banks appear
o e no more than mud flats, which may be covered at hi^h water springs
under some circumstances.
XII.— The Khors Generally.
T ,i 54 4ntil a railway is brought from the interior to either Khor Abdullah
or Khor Musa, they are not of value to a country strong on land, so that their
development belongs rather to the future than the present.
I suppose in time Russia will connect her railway system with Khor
Abdullah Germany wil1 C0I1E ect her Bagdad Railway system with Khor
It is incumbent on us, therefore, to prepare to hold the entrance to the
Lult, unless we can keep those Powers away from it altogether, which should
be our constant aim.
XIII.— Conclusion.
55. The Hyacinth and Hardinge having been given a rendezvous 9
mi es south-south-east of Khor Musa, His Excellency the Viceroy re-embarked
m tne Hardinge and I returned to the Hyacinth at 7 p.m., and we pro-
ceeuea to Bushire, where the squadron anchored next morning 5i miles from
e shore, and fe-g- miles by water from Bushire town.
GEORGE L. ATKINS ON-WILLES, Bear-Admiral,
Commander-in- Chief-
<3. I. C. P. 0 —No. 2383 F. P.— 22 12-1903—54—W, G. B.
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The papers concern the claims of Shaikh Mubarak [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Koweit [Kuwait] to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr] against the competing claims of the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].
The principal correspondents are the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor); the Viceroy of India (Baron Curzon of Kedlestone; from 1905 the Earl of Minto); 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); 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); 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: the nature of the claims of the Shaikh of Kuwait to Bubiyan and Umm Qaşr, December 1903 - April 1904 (folios 285-312); the views of the Viceroy on the issue, April 1904 (folios 279-283); proposed representations to the Ottoman Government by the British Ambassador at Constantinople concerning the establishment of Turkish military posts on the islands, May 1904 - May 1905 (folios 246-278); the Shaikh of Kuwait's views on a proposal that he establish a post on Bubiyan Island, and the proposed establishment of a permanent British Agent at Kuwait, June 1905 (folios 231-245); and papers concerning the Shaikh of Kuwait's rights over Warba and Bubiyan islands, including the view of the British Government in 1910 that it was inadvisable to assert the Shaikh's rights at that time, November 1907 - April 1910 (folios 201-230).
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 200, are 1904-1910.
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