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'File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh' [250r] (499/556)
The record is made up of 1 file (277 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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No. 79-0 #
To
The Deputy
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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B U S H I R E #
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Reference your letter No. 242~S, dated the 31st July 1920, one
previous correspondence relative to the Bandar Shuwai&h lease.
I have nade as extensive enquiries as I could, without arousing
suspicion, regarding the current rate of ground rent for land in
the vicinity, but regret that X have heen unable to obtain any
useful figures, as the renting of land, as such, is practically
unknown here, the almost universal custom being to buy it.
The sale price of land in Kuwait varies very considerably
according to its positions that situated on the sea front in a
central part of the town being, of course^the moat valuable. The
aost expensive I have heard of is a small plot on the sea front
near the west end of the town, estimated to be about 100 cubits
long by 40 broad, which is valued at Rs. 3,700/-, or rough!
Reu^V 4 a cubit ( but this include* a small building of little
The plot of ground which the late Shaikh Mubarak sold
to the American Mission is 200 cubits long by 170 wide, and the
price paid was Rs. 3,700/-, or Rs. 5/- cubit, which he told
them at the time was half its proper value, A square plot 200,
cubits each way, situated a little way from the sea, recently
changed hands for Rs. t,6oo/-, or Rs. 2/- per cubit, which is said
to be a very averaee price. Dr. Hjrlrea ahowed me a plot just at the
back of the maaion property ahioh they would like to buy. The plot
is 65yds by 44 (by ay pacing), and he tells me that he has been
advised by Arab friends on no account to give more than Rs. 500/-
for it, and told that he ought to get it for Rs. 250 /- which works
out at from roughly lOas. to R. 1/4 per cubit.
All people say that land .as far out of the town as the Wireless
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
17th. August I 920 .
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The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between 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, 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. (or his assistant) in Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, but also includes communications from the Ambassador in Constantinople, Admiralty, 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. , Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Marine Department of the Government of India, Foreign Office, Shaikh Mobarek of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. Following the First World War 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. communicated with the Civil (later High) Commissioner in Iraq rather than the Government of India.
The papers cover the following matters:
- the secret negotiations over the terms of the lease agreement between 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 and Shaikh Mobarek, such as customs rates and the inclusion of the island of Warba
- concern about how the Turks might view the agreement
- use of the site as the terminus of the Baghdad Railway
- arrangements for the annual payments to the Shaikh
- construction of buildings such as coal sheds and structures such as moorings
- the precise delimitations of the plot to be leased
- termination of the lease and the question of whether to replace it with a subsidy for the Shaikh
- future use of the buildings
- arrangements for a refund following an overpayment
The file includes the following documents:
- Captain Heming's report on the position and requirements for the proposed plot (folios 3-6)
- the final agreement, signed in October 1907, in English and Arabic (folios 118-36)
- a sketch plan of the Bander Shweikh foreshore (folio 185)
- Extent and format
- 1 file (277 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front of the file to the back.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-218; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/92
- Title
- 'File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:80r, 81r, 84r, 87r:117v, 137r:271v, 272v:277v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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