'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)' [‎94r] (197/636)

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S6/5/10.
My dear Shades pear,
Shailch Kliaz'al bold me /^yesterday
that he hasd heard ifrom the V/ali that the T’jrl^s had been
pressing him to grant a piece or land in Kowait Tor
a telegraph office, & that he had at first given them
a temporizing answer. Shailth Kliaz’al had lectured him
on the danger of plfcying with the Turks like this, and
pointed out that if he granted to the r Turks the piece
of land they desired, he would inevitably be drain
into conflict with the English. Mubarak allowed
himself to be convinced, & gave the Kali a plain
refusal the same night. The V/ali, Shaikh Khaz’al
says, was surprised at the sudden change o.l front, &
deduced that Khaza 1 ! had been M get :ing at^Mubaran
xre is said to have vowed vengeance, & remarked to
Abdul V/ahcb Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that Shaikh Khazal, not content with
the influence he already had in 'Turkish territory,
ias now trying to interfere between the Turks & Kowait, to
the detriment of the former, & that he intended to put
a stop to it. Fence recent troubles.
Knazal told me that when he remonstrated with bne Baai.ci:
of Kowait for being so compliant to the Turks, in
various matters, Mubarak replied that he had- got several
things out of the Turks by obliging them in small things
c lending boats for stone,” discussing gendarmes”^
such as 0
etc., & that it was his policy to keep in with tne Tur-vs
by raisng their hopes.
How far Shaikh Khazals narrative is tinged by a
desire*de se fair© valoir in our eyes, I can-ot say,
hut it can scarcely te doubted that there must have been
a substantial foundation for the telegraph station
y-rn, & Mubarak’s remark about his policy with tne Turks
s ounds true.
I have reported all this to Bashire by D/O boda^.
yours sincerely