File 2764/1904 Pt 5 'Baghdad Railway: Anglo-Turkish negotiations; concessions proposed in respect of Kowait; negotations with Hakki Pasha in London; Anglo-Turkish agreement.' [‎227r] (476/536)

acceptance of VP “ sub “# theSe finaI P r0 P° sal s for the
‘ CeW ten-iL tal Turklsb GOT e™ m ent His Majesty’s Government are not
‘ develofCenta nf 1 ^“^ment nor are they embarking upon any new
C ,• ts of policy. Iheir desire is simply to secure the recoo-m'-
mi and to ensure the continuance of an order of things which has in fact
to rown up under their auspices and has been proved by experience, ” c^c/
^Paragraph 17.—-For the last sentence substitute “ Now, however that
t has been raised, by circumstances beyond their control they feel that
no settlement m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. could be complete which dicl not provide
ChntialmrtCfV 11 ' 1 they + regard satisfactory adjustment of it as an
essential part of the present negotiations. They will accordingly have tbe
honour to submit forthwith a separate memorandum on the subiect for the
consideration of the Ottoman Government.” J 6
Enclosure No. 2.
Limits of Kowf.it.
descriptive note to accompany map.
His Majesty’s Government consider the frontier on the north to lie a line
limning from Khor-as-Sabiyah so as to pass immediately south of Umm Oasr
and Safwan to Jabal Sanam and thence to the Batin. On the south his
boundary 1S considered to run westwards from Jabal Manifah on the coast to
the Na ainyan hill at the north-western corner of Radaif. On the west the
bhaikhdom is bounded between Jabal Sanam and Hafar by the Batin, and south
oi Hafai the border is the line dividing Summan from Dalian ah as far south
Riyadh P ° lnt ^ 11116 ^ intersected tlle route from Wabrah to
. Districts and Islands. The Shaikhdom, considered from the physical
point oi view falls naturally into two parts, one to the north and the other to
the south of a line joining Kuwait town and Riqa’i. In the northern block lie
e districts or tracts of Batin, Shiqqaq, Batih, Umm-al-Khilan,Yah,Qira-
al-ilarro, Zaqiah, and Zor. The southern block comprises the three great
divisions of Summan, Dibdibah, and Umm-Janaib ; and the last, which lies
along the coast to the south of Kuwait Bay, is further subdivided into
districts named Shaqq, Qra’ab Adan, Sain, Hazaim, and Sudah.
The maritime possessions of Kuwait consist of the islands of Bubiyan,
Warba, and Failakah which, with its northern and southern outliers of
Mashjan and Auhah, is situated at the mouth of Kuwait Bay, and of the islets
of Kubbar, Qaru, and Umm-al-Maradim.