'KUWAIT OFFICE RECORDS. BUILDINGS. No. 4/15 - Vol. I. New Agency Building at Kuwait.' [‎2r] (3/16)

Translation of 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 his Excellency Shaikh Sir Ahmad al-Jahir as-Sabah,
Ruler of Kuwait.
Be it known to all that having understood that
the large hauta, situated along the sea front to the North
of H.E. Sir Khazaal Khan, late Shaikh of Mohammerah *s
Diwaniyeh and presented by him to the British Government
with my full cognizance, is not sufficient for the purpose
of erecting a new Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Building, I, Shaikh Sir
Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Ruler of Kuwait,
do hereby bestow upon the British Government, free from all
impediments and taxations, a further piece of land, 100 feet
(66i dr as) deep, and 70 feet (46i dr as) wide, immediately
adjoining to the South and East of the said whole hauta
respectively, both of which plots to be incorporated in the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. grounds.
2. Whilst bestowing the aforesaid two plots to the
High British Government, I hereby undertake to prevent
(a) any other buildings being erected at any time
in the future, between the whole width of the new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
property and the sea;
(b) the placing of fish traps in front of the new
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. property;
(c) any boats being hauled up for dry docking ot
any other purpose in front of any portion of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
property, that is to say on the beach in front of the said
property.
3. I further undertake that should at any future time
$he town of Kuwait expand Eastwards in the direction of the
new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and habitations be erected in the vicinity of
the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. grounds, a space of land not less than
60 feet in width (40 dr as) shall be maintained round the East
Soth and West of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as a public road, and that a road
of similar width will be left open between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and
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