'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)' [‎303r] (623/636)

3. It ia interesting to note that the deputation sent
by the Bahrein community to Busreh to arrange for the
remittance of their subscriptions to Constantinople con
it
sidered/a wise precaution to telegraph to the Turkish Go
vernment from Bushire announcing the total amount and the
Vide Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Diary entry No#1203 |
December 1912« } object or the
subscription before they proceeded to Busreh; where they
anticipated with good reason and later experienced consi
derable difficulty in keeping the money out of the hands
of local officials. In this connection the Sheikh of
Bahrein is reported to have expressed himself indifferent
to the destination of his subscription, so long as he got
a receipt for it, whilst Sheikh Mubarak frankly expressed
the belief that not more than one third of the total amount
subscribed at Koweit would reach its intended destination.
4. Ihese contributions have all been mentioned to the
Government of India incidentally in the diaries of the
several Political officers concerned but it has seemed con
venient to bring the incidents, in their collective bearing,
to the notice of Government, especially as a report regard
ing the Koweit contribution furnished to His Majesty^
No.3 dated 18th January 1913.} Embassy by His Majesty*s
Consul, Busreh, seems possibly liable, if read by itself,
to create an erroneous impression.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
SD/- P.Z. Cox, Lieut-Colonel,
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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .