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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [13r] (36/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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.
B. 409._
P. 5393/28.
Precis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British
Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
KOWEIT.
(a) Agreement dated 23rd January 1899,-The Sheikh pledged himself
any Power or p" tl p 8ncoes f ^ " ot to receive the Agent or Representative of r.aw/se.
JhJl'rhlhr, 0 T 1 at K °, Weit ■ ' ' Wlthout the Previous sanction of
the bntish Government . . and not to cede, sell, lease or mortgage or give
for occupation or for any other purpose any portion of his territory to the
Government or subjects of any other Power, without the previous consent of
His Majesty s Government.
. ]l ' 01 ^ L'eut.-Col. Meade,
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.
to the Sheikh of Koweit, dated 23rd January 1899, accompanying (a):-The
Sheikh was formally assured “of the good offices of the British Government
towards you, your heirs and successors as long as you, your heirs and
successors scrupulously and faithfully observe the conditions of the said
bond. (i.e. the agreement above).”
^ i W \ e rt tlle text tlie A & Teemer R of 1899 was com- p. 4525 / 11 .
mumcated to the Turkish Government, the text of Col. Meade’s accompanying
letter was not similarly communicated; but the Turkish Government was
told m Sn- E Grey s covering note that “His Majesty’s Government have
informed the Sheikh of Roweit that so long as he and his heirs and successors
act up to their obligations under the Agreement, His Majesty’s Government
undeitake to support them and accord them their good offices. His Maiestv’s
Government reserve to themselves the right to interpret that term at their
discretion The attitude adopted at the time by His Majesty’s Government
towards this undertaking .s iliustrated by the following extract from India
0 ce lettei dated the ^Oth October 1911 to the Foreign Office “ The term p. 1446 /m
good offices ... is a conveniently vague one, and Lord Crewe is of
opinion that it m neither necessary nor safe to go beyond it. The action
taken by His Majesty s Government in 1901-2, when men and guns were
landed at Koweit to defend it against unprovoked Turkish aggression will
moreover, have made it plain to the Porte in what way we are prepared to
interpret the term if necessity arises.”
(c) Agreement of the Sheikh of Koweit, dated 24th May 1900 to
pi 0 J 11 bit the importation of arms into, and their exportation from, Koweit.
(d) Postal Agreement, dated 28th February 1904, giving His Majesty’s
Government the sole right to erect a post office at Koweit.
(e) Secret Agreement, dated 15th October 1907, for the lease of the
Bunder Shweikh foreshore. -In the fifth article of the two documents
constituting the agreement the Sheikh reaffirmed his pledge not to cede, sell,
. j an / T ^ 0 - eit te r rit o r y to any foreign Government or foreign subject
without His Majesty s Government’s permission.
In the ninth, the British Government promised that “ the town of Koweit
and its boundaries belong to . . . the Sheikh of Koweit and to his heirs
after him, and that all Sheikh Mubarak’s arrangements in the matter of
customs Ac and his arrangements at the present day shall remain in the
hands of Sheikh Mubarak-as-Subah, ruler of Koweit, and his heirs after
him ...
. rioTE, The lease, or rather the payment of rent for the Bunder Shweikh
site, was terminated in 1922. It does not appear, however, that the agreement
was abrogated, and the reciprocal pledges, so far as they are not affected by
other subsequent instruments, presumably remain binding.
3138 75 10.28 A
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:21r, 23r:42r, 43r:44r, 45r, 48v, 59v, 62r, 74r, 77r:77v, 79r:79v, 80v:91v, 93r, 121v, 123r:130v, 147r:162v, 167r:168r, 172r:173v, 178r:182v, 188r, 201r:206r, 209v, 210v, 214v:216v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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