'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)' [‎36r] (72/636)

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13. I shall endeavour t,o procure, as Q heilui
Mobarak swr^esbs,bhe lei.ails of T.his rarLicul «r
case froiu ^ahad al Khalil and v/iil fort/ard them
without del .1 further anticipate considerable
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benefit from i he approaching vi Bit of/,3.ill 3 Consul,
Ba^ra, to Kov/eit to discuss this and pen ting
questions but, in the^ieantiiue, 1 v/oudd sug-:est, witn
all deference, for ' our consideration, whether it
would not be possible for higher authority to in-
-tiraate through the usual channels,to rte5x';ota His
Male sty’s Ciubas sy at Constantinople that His Cx-
-cellency the dali of Basra appears to be raising
in an acute form teas the question of the natio
nality of the people of Ko wait, mo re especially in
regard to the purchase by Sheikh Mobarak of the
^adhagiya property froja Ahmed Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. as %ahair,that
his activity in ihis matter appears to be a depart-
-ure frohi the maintenance of the status quo which
it i^ the clearly expressed object of both Covem-
-menta to observe and tnat it is funner calcialated
to disturb tne existing harmonious relations be-
- tween Sheikh Mob \r a. of Kov/eit and tjie local
Ottoman authorities of Basra and that such a dis-
-turbance would be greatly regretted b* H.B.lMs
Government.If general instructions coni t be sent
to His rlxcellency to deal with Kuweit claims and
cases without insisting on a precise definition
of the// petitioners* status or nationality,all
that Shellh Mobarak is conten ting for would pro
bably be obtained.
1 have tne honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
Major,
PoliticQ Agent,Koweit