"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٠‎٣‎٢] (١٧٨٢/١١٨٧)

Turkish authorities to the British Government, In consequence of a
representation by the British Ambassador at Constantinople these
proceedings of the Naqib were disavowed by the Porte. A more
determined effort to upset the status quo, the maintenance of which
had so lately received the assent of the Ottoman Government, was made
a fortnight later, when on the 1 st of December the Zuhaf," carrying
the Naqib and a brother of the Wali of Basrah, once more steamed
into Kuwait harbour, the British cruiser a Pomoneand gunboat
' Redbreast >} being then anchored in the bay- A Turkish ultimatum
was presented to the Shaikh, requiring him either to receive at
Kuwait a Turkish military detachment—-which, it was pro
mised, should be under his own orders—or to leave Kuwait and retire
to Constantinople or its neighbourhood ; and great stress appears to
have been laid on the alternative demand. On the 3rd of December
three days' grace was obtained by the Shaikh in order that he might
consider his reply ; but on the 4th of December, the " Redbreast "
having left with correspondence for Bushehr, this concession was
withdrawn, and Mubarak was informed that he must give his answer
immediately. Ihe Sphinx having arrived from Bushehr without a
written guarantee of protection from the Resident, such as he had hoped
might be given, Mubarak evidently wavered; but, under pressure from
the senior naval officer present at Kuwait, he at length informed the
Sultan's messengers that he was prevented from giving a reply by
threats of force on the part of the British naval authorities—a
statement which Captain Simons personally confirmed in the presence
of the Turkish emissaries. The Naqib and the Wali's brother, finding
their purpose frustrated, then withdrew on board the " Zuhaf," which
took her departure early the next morning ; while Captain Simons, as a
precaution, spent the night at the Shaikh's house. Not until the 6th
of December, when the crisis was already past, did the orders of His
Majesty's Government reach Kuwait : they were to the effect that,
as the Naqib's action amounted to a breach of the understanding
between Turkey and Britain, His Majesty's Government would support
the Shaikh and would not tolerate an attack by Turkish troops or ships
on Kuwait, that the Shaikh should not lea\e Kuwait, and that he should
continue to observe his engagements with the British Government. This
message was received with much satisfaction by the Shaikh, who
communicated it to all his principal men. About the time of the Naqib's
mission, or possibly after its return, Muhsin Pasha was superseded in the
Waliship of Basrah,