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'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [18r] (39/103)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1913-30 Nov 1913. It was written in English, French 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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Government, and the latter on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, do each, in
the presence of witnesses, affix their signatures, on this the 10th day of Ramazan, 1316,
corresponding with the 23rd day of January, 1899.
(L.S.) 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.
.
(L.S.) MUBARAK-EL-SUBAH.
Witnesses:
(L.S.) E. Wickham Hore, Captain, LM.S.
(L.S.) t J. Calcott Gaskin.
(L.S.) Muhammad Rahim-bin-Abdul Nebi Saffer.
Annexe 11.
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Agreement hy Sheikh Mubarek-bin-Suhah, Chief of Koweit.
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(Translation.)
I AGREE to absolutely prohibit the importation of arms into Koweit or
exportation therefrom, and to enforce this I have issued a notification and proclamation
to all concerned.
Dated this 24th day of Moharrum, 1318 (24th day of May, 1900).
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah.)
Annexe III.
Postal AgreemeM of February 28, 1904, tmih the Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
AS the British Government hae agreed, in accordance with my desire and for the
benefit of traders, to establish a post-office at Koweit, I, on my part, agree not to allow
the establishment here of a post-offiee by any other Government. I accordingly write
this undertaking on behalf of myself and my successors.
(Seal of Sheikh Mubarek-el-Subah,)
Koweit, the l\th Zil Ilaj, 1321
{February 2S, 1904).
Annexe IV.
Sir Edward Grey to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Your Highness, Foreign Office, October 24, 1911.
IN compliance with the request which, under Instructions from your Government,
you were good enough to make to me on the 16th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit
to you herewith copies of the agreements concluded by His Majesty's Government
with the Trucial chiefs of Oman and the Sheikhs of Bahrein and Koweit, to which
reference is made in the memorandum communicated to your Highness on the 29th
July last.
With respect to these agreements His Majesty's Government have the following
observations to make :—
As regards No. 1, His Majesty's Government have informed the Sheikh of Koweit
that so long as he and his heirs and successors act up to their obligations under the
agreement, His Majesty's Government undertake to support them and accord them
the^r good offices. His Majesty's Government reserve to themselves the right to
interpret that term at their discretion.
His Majesty's Government hold, moreover, a lease of land from the Sheikh ot
Koweit.
As regards No. 4, His Majesty's Government take occasion to remind the Sublime
Porte that British rights in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and on the coast rest not merely on the
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The file contains letters, telegrams, memorandums, and maps relating to Anglo-Turkish negotiations over the Baghdad Railway, the status of Kuwait, and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. matters. The correspondence is between Percy Cox, 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. at Bushire, William Shakespear, 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. at Kuwait, the Government of India, the 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. in London, Louis Mallet, Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Arthur Trevor, 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. at Bahrain, Shaikh Abdalla bin Jasim bin Thani [[Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], Chief of Katar [Qatar], the Government of India, Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bi], ruler of Mohammerah, Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, and the Foreign Office, in London.
The file contains drafts and counter-drafts of an agreement to be eventually signed by the British and the Ottoman Turks. Included is correspondence relating to Percy Cox's attempts to obtain Sheikh Khaz‘al's and Sheikh Mubarak's agreement to the draft agreement, and to concern over the status of Qatar, including the presence of the Turkish Garrison there.
Folio 27 is a list of the sons of Sheikh Jasim, the late ruler of Qatar.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages. There is an earlier foliation system that runs through the file, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, as well as the top-left corner of any verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages bearing written or printed matter.The following anomalies occur: 1a, 11a.The following folios are foldouts: 19, 20, 26, 38, 42a.
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- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 8v, 11r:11v, 11ar:11av, 12r:12v, 18r:18v, 22r:26r, 26r:26v, 26v:37v, 39r:42v, 42ar:42av, 43r:44r, back-i, back
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