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'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [‎33r] (66/636)

The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1904-10 Nov 1913. 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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3 3, (§)
cf Turkish nation iliiv ^ U5.2. rat#0 on t/nis aocounx»t
atnd diaapnroving generi.112. of H.B # t/ha Mali's aPPi-
-pn ie on ’this pieiPion, vi IP would ir uiiio
H.E.has iJ-so been giving trouble of a similar kind
to British subjects,rroprietors of land in Turkish
territoi^aHis jxcellenc^ 1 a attitu ie vtpe ired, so 1
understood, to H.B.H* s Jonsul of loubtful leg ality
ui i vfith special reference to koweit, calculated
to rai se inconvenient questions better left un-
iisturbed.
4. Abdul As is bin Salim bin balar was
distinctly no? eful tint the iali was //©ai^ening
in his opposition to ine s tie iiid tnat tne mitter
would be eventually adjusted to Sheikh IVbarik* s
sitisfaction.
/
5 # It would now at tear from Shell h Mobarak
latest conversation with me on the subject that
Abdul Asiz bin Salim bin Hadar was too sanguine .
an i that the question of certificates of LhirLish 0 ' ^
nationtlity is being raised in an acute form.
o.
This form is however not tl to wether
novel and was reported in ;C’ letter No.3Pb, dated
the 3dth July 1907 to your address, when Sneikn
llobarak reported that certain Koweit meron-uits
trading in Basra had been warned bi tne then vfaii
of Basra to take out certificates of Airkish n.^-
-tionality or they would be expelled the town.
S n. e i 1 h l lob a rak 1 s inform ^tion was at tne time too
vague ant scanty for .my further action to be
taken thereon ant the matter came to rest of it-
-self, as the especial merchant of 'Whom xat-wn ion
was made, Isa bin Abdul Jalii, left Basra to suit
his o^vn convenience ant no further questions were
asked about him.
7 . Sheikh I lobar ak now informs me that
one Hammaid al Khalid,a member of the firm of A1
iihathair, one of our biggest pe ,rl merchants, had

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the:

  • Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens on the Shatt al-`Arab
  • Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates
  • registration of Shaikh Mubarak's property at Faddaghiya
  • offer of a cash salary to Shaikh of Kuwait as Qaimaqam

The principal correspondents in the volume include 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, Stuart George Knox; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak al Sabah; and 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 Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , John Gordon Lorimer.

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1 volume (307 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 309; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-308; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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