'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)' [‎307r] (631/636)

'rirooo \ cT inttj-nderl dAannflaion # On this the Acting
«aii aaid tno matter **a€i seorwt b it iff >in - «U.t A'jx.aj. -*a1z
already in *>\* <*on^.id 1 might
cixiviilge the outlinea of the rropoeei iiaoaaaiou# Tao ror e
intenied *o arpoint a aalr' Piaerab at an early date 9 and
T+tni+ v-, .non^emed on t.he preient acting inonii/nont
or another nnt in any oaso the JPorte natio'^larly deeired to
o jt’iin the oloeeet cooperation between 'he Sheikh -nd the
^11.* rrcr? e^j»?oia?.ly in raatcra concerning the le^ert tribes
and, N• Jd; it also intended th»t the »ali ^fcenid be given
orders to oone'olt Sheikh Mttbar&k in anv and every matter
x^-ikeiy to camo controversy whether i r, cacra itstlf or in
the desert: in short, the »ali wotili be required to ocne^lt
^ne iheikh of Kuwait in all r^lating^ to t>ie Badrah
Vilayet and the Ars,b3 in Arabia and would be expected to ccq~
-form to his suggestions, Abt^l Aziz is sail to have repli-
-ed th.t from •'hat he knew of iho £»**»•*ikfc he thought it most
improbable that Mubarak would agroo to rix hi«^elf in matter5
so fur beyond hie range, and which might Id&d to bis hecem-
-ing entangled in serious dlffic Iti^s with the desert tribei^
apart from the tax cn ria time and r^scuroes wuieh an accept
-Aiico of the petition indicated would entail j he would,
however, inform the Shaikh of the conversation. The Acting
wall then closed the intervisw tn more o alegy of the
to
Sheikh*c aoy^lty iAtd fricnd.il,j 1 rel^ticns with hhe Porte, pofn^.
A
-ed out the great honour conferred cn i> e Sh«ikh by thi
truat reposed in him and the Sultan's desire to ebtair his
cooperation on so extend©! a scale and particularly roc; ost-
-ed that th* matter shonl J b? ki’pt aeeret even fro*' the
Sheikh's bosom friend, Sheikh Sir Khazal K^an,
■53 In relating the story to me Sheikh Muburak said he
had no intention of agreeing for the suggestion seemed ob-
-viouslT a manoeuvre designed to shift to hi? shoulders the
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