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'File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government' [47r] (93/382)
The record is made up of 1 volume (189 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1904-6 Apr 1916. 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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British India S.N.Coy.
10
Hie re yfls no doubt as to what is -;t
the bottom of the whole trouble .The Sheiiiii cannot
tolerate the notion that there should be anybody
in this to\jn who^ should have any authority,of how
ever restricted a Lind, in his tom except himself.
He resents the British India Captains -referring
complaints re outrages to me.He equally results
the Company’s Agents referring complaints through
~ance that the British India soeamers are the pro
perty of Sheikh Hobarak and the Company’s Agents are
Sheikh Mobarak’s Agents.
For a time all goes well under these condi
tions but Sheikh Mob arak himself is now seldom in
Koweit and it is a singular thing that these outrages
generally occur when Sheikh Mobarak is away from
Koweit.The position then rapidly becomes impossible.
Quarrels occur on a hundred minor matters and 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.
cannot possibly remain a disinterest-
-ed spectator.
11. There remains the question of quaran
tine and vhe general conduct of the steamers* busi
ness in Koweit.The discontinuance of the steamers*
rXx yisits to Koweit has been suggested by yourself in
£ this connection and you were followed by my self in my
.letter Ho.3^<§"dated the- 1908 on the subject
of quarantine .It is quiteKpossible that this whole
incident was clumsily engineered with a view to
showing that the Koweit people are independent of
the British India steamers and that it is to that
extent an answer to the veiled threat contained in
the passage quoted belo?? from your letter to Sheikh
Mob arak tea No. sMS&the 7th <M me
**And especially now that ocean going steamers
visit your port it is not pn^nh'i i y on wish
)
my self.He takes seriously Mr.Iyle’s polite assur-
1908
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- appointment of 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;
- visit of HM Consul, Basra;
- customs and railway negotiations;
- the Anglo-Turkish convention, 1912;
- the death of Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], 1915, and succession of his son Jabir [Shaikh Jābir II bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ].
There are a number of letters in Arabic with their translations, for example, from Sheikh Mubarak to Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. (folio 83) and to Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear (folio 90). It also includes the Arabic text and translation 'Secret Agreement Between the British Government and Shaikh Mubarak dated the 23rd January 1899' (folios 100-102).
The file also includes a copy of the 'Maritime Truce Treaty with the Shaikh of Kuwait, of 1841 [with English and Arabic versions]' (folios 130-132).
The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon; the Secretary of State for India; His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople; 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox; the First Assistant to 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. ; the Under-Secretary to the Government of India; the British Consul to Basra, F E Crow; the Vali of Bussorah; Sadun Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Seyyid Talib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak; 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. at Kuwait, Captain Stuart George Knox; the British Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (189 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- 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 191; 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 2-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/59
- Title
- 'File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:82v, 86r:90v, 93r:103v, 106r:119v, 122r:156v, 158r:186v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence