'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)' [‎74r] (151/636)

lie.
of 1910.
British Hosidenoy and Consulate-General,
Buehire, 20th March 1910.
tf’rom
iiajor A.je. Truvor, X.A.,
First Assistant Besident
In charge of Kosideroy.
To
:he Hon*ble Mr. s.H. Butler, C.S.I., C.I.ifi.,
Secretary to the Government of India
In the Foreign Department,
CALCUTTA.
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* A
,1).Letter do. C.ll dated 6 th March 5
(Received 15th) 1910 from the Poll- H
tical Agent xvO*eit to the Political }
Besident in the reraian uulf.
(2). Letter do.14 dated 9th (Rood. i
ISth) Larch 1910 from iiis Majesty's
^ Consul iiusreh to Lis Majesty's Am-
bassadorat Constantinople. t
Sir, 'K
In continuation of the correspondence ending with my
letter No. 288 dated 30th January 1910, I have the honour to
forward, for the information of the Government of India, copies
of the marginally
noted letters on the
subject of Sheiich
MubareB f 3 Fao proper
ties, and of Sheikh
LubaraL• s recent meeting with the v’ali of Busreh in connection
therewith.
2. The account of his trip given by Sheikh Lubarek to Captain
sha&espe&r ia very different from that given in Mr. Crow's
report. I have furnished Captain Shakoapear with a copy of Mr.
Crow's report and asked him to make further enquiries about the
matter. It ia, however, sufficiently evident that the Sheikh’s
emphatic statement that "not one word had been broachod on the
subject of his properties'* is not in accordance with fact. No
doubt, however, the sheikh does not for a moment think that we
believe such assurances.