'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.' [‎58v] (118/132)

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suggested amendment the following :—“It must
be clearly understood that such conditions as
may be attached to the concessions shall not
prejudice the question of the disputed status
of the island. ,,
212. (Vide para. 179 of the Memo-
Dispute between Per- vandam for September
sian and Koweit sub- On the 25th October,
jects on board a British -i „ a a • a j. a. 1.1
India Company vessel TJ16 x irst Assist&nt to tll8
at Koweit. 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. forwarded a report from Koweit
to the effect that the Sheikh of Koweit had
removed his prohibition against passengers
travelling by, and goods being shipped by, the
British India Company’s vessels. Things are
said now to be going on as before.
213. (Vide para. 153 of the Memo)
Disturbances at Katif.
On the 18th September,
the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division,
reported to His Excellency the Naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, East Indies Squadron, that
all was quiet at Katif. On the arrival there
of the Turkish reinforcements on the 28th
August, a truce had been established and a
peace agreement subsequently signed by the
Bedouin and Katitis. The civil official who
accompanied the troops had, it was stated,
suspended the Kaimmakam and arrested six
of the principal Katif merchants including
the customs farmer. The Turkish expedi
tionary force returned to Basrah on the Idth
September.
214. (Vide para. ISO of the Memo
randum for September.)
On the 28th September,
Mr. Devey (His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at
Damascus) reported to the British Embassy at
Constantinople that the Sebhan clan of the
Shammar tribe, under the leadership of Hamoud
ibn Sebhan, had organised a strong raid against
Saoud ibn Rashid and attacked him in Hail.
The latter was totally deserted by his men and
could not resist the attack of the raiders, who
entered the town and killed him together with
his brother Faisal. Hail and the tribe of
Shammar are said to be, at present, presided
over by Hamoud ibn Sebhan, the maternal
uncle and guardian of Saoud ibn Abdul Aziz
ibn Rashid, the young boy now at Medina,
who is too young to take up the rule of his
father Abdul Aziz and his brother Mutib.
The Principality of Hail, from the death
of Abdul Aziz ibn Rashid, who was killed
about September 1906, to the present date,
has been governed by four Emirs, namely :—
(1) Mutib ibn Abdul Aziz from Septem
ber 1906 to February 1907.
(2) Sultan ibn Hamoud Rashid from
February 1907 to J uly 1908.
Nejd affairs.