File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎586r] (607/818)

Praise be to God alone (lit. in the name of God Almighty) (“ Bissim Illah Ta’alah
Shanuho ”)—
The object of writing this lawful and honourable bond is that it is hereby co
venanted and agreed between Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C.,
Her Britannic Majesty’s 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. , on behalf of the British Government
on the one part, and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, Sheikh of Koweit, on
the other part, that the said Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah of his own free
will and desire does hereby pledge and bind himself, his heirs and successors not
to receive the Agent or Representative of any Power or Government at Koweit,
or at any other place within the limits of his territory, without the previous sanc
tion of the British Government; and he further binds himself, his heirs and suc
cessors not to cede, sell, lease, mortgage, or give for occupation or for any other
purpose any portion of his territory to the Government or subjects of any other
Power without the previous consent of Her Majesty’s Government for these pur
poses. This engagement also to extend to any portion of the territory of the said
Sheikh Mubarak, which may now be in the possession of the subjects of any other
Government.
In token of the conclusion of this lawful and honourable bond, Lieutenant-
Colonel Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C., Her Britannic Majesty’s 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. , and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, the former on behalf
of the British Government and the latter on behalf of himself, his heirs and suc
cessors do each, in the presence of witnesses, affix their signatures on this, the
tenth day of Ramazan 1316, corresponding with the twenty-third day of January
1899.
M. J. Meade,
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. .
Witnesses
E. Wickham Hore, Cajpt., l.M.S.
J. Calcott Gaskin.
Mdrarak-ai.-Subah .
Muhammad Rahim bin Abdul
Nebi Saffer.
No. XXXVIL
Agreement by the Chief of Koweit, for the suppression of the Arms Trade
in his territories—1900.
Agreement by Sheikh Mubarek-bin-Sabah, Chief of Koweit,