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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)' [‎298r] (613/636)

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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No. 230, dated Bushire, the 10th (received 20th) February 1912 (Confidential).
I rom-J. H. Bill, iEsq., First Assistant Resident (in absence of the Resident),
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , '
r ^'^ e Secretary to the Government of India-in the Foreign Department.
V\ ith reterence to my telegram No. 80, dated the 2nd February 1912, I
have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India, a
No. 6 of February 2nd to His Majesty’s Ambas- COpy of the Communication marP’i nfl.l lv
.ador Constantinople noted received from His Majesty’s Consul
at Basrah regaramg the despatch to Kuwait of the insignia of the First Class
or tlie Order of the Medjidiyieh.
JNo. b, dated the 2nd February 1912.
From—F. E. Crow, Esq, His Majesty's Consul at Basrah,
f° II 18 Excellency the Right Hon’ble Sir G. A. Lowther, G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). C.B. His
Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
With reference to my telegram No. 10 of the 1st instant regarding the
despatch to Kuwait of the insignia of the First Class of the Order of he
^ ed J‘ dl ?V eh ;, 1 a , m .^formed that the Vali addressed a congratulatory letter to
Shaikh Mubarak informing him that the decoration had been forwarded to
him by the hands of a committee consisting of the Mufti of Basrah, the Presi-
dent of the Civil Court, Haji Mahmud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Haii Taha These nersons
left in the Shaikh’s launch on the 1st instant to proceed to Kuwait. 1X3180113
124 F. D.—S E— 613 - 521 —ApT.
Exd.-P. M M.
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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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