'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)' [‎257r] (531/636)

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Crovamiaant, to promota an understanding between iiim the
Shaikh.
iiazif hey, It is true, finally accepted ShaiKh idiazal's
explanation and agroed to considor the incident closed, but
he unconditionally refused to express regret for the death
of the Xjl Shaikh’s wife and the destruction of his mother’s
house, or to pay any compensation for tho losses s ffered by the
Shaikh in consequence of the unjustifiable bombardment of Zain.
Further, at the very moment when he was considering the Shaikh’s
explanations with which he o’wned himself satisfied, his Agents
ere occupied in subjecting the Zhaikh to further petty annoy
ances, in the matter of the renewal, contrary to the Mali’s
promise, of the lawsuit against the servant of i.iirza i^araza, the
Zhaixh’s Agent at Bussorah, of the unjustified destruction, for
the tnird time since tlie dispute between the Jhaikh and the .Yali
be^an, of the former’s house property on the ashar Creek and of
the raid on hirza Hamza’s gHM house and the seizure of his pro
perty, on the ground that he had disregarded a summons for debt
which had been issued against him. There can be little doubt
that Hazif Bey was the real instigator of these vexatious pro
ceedings •
A further injustice to the Chaixh has now been committed by
registration of land in the vulayet of uusscrah in the name of
the Shaikh or his representatives, a measure which appears to
be actually contrary to Ottoman law.
iour Excellency should bring these facts to the notice of
the Turkish Government, and inform them that His majesty’s
Government are bound, by agreement with the Shaixh, to use tneir
good offices on his behalf in tho event of a dispute with a
foreign Power, that they have most carefully considered the
circumstances of his recent dispute with the ./ali of Bussorah,
and can see no justification whatever for the harsh and aggressive
action of the latter, especially in the matter of tho attack on
Zain, nor for the recent decree of the Porte re. arding the
the decree recently issued by the Bublime Porte forbidding the
registration