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File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.' [259r] (27/154)
The record is made up of 77 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1904-30 Aug 1905. It was written in English and French. 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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put forward the same claim in the case of Tunisians
and Algerines (or at least used to do so when I was at
\
Constantinople) notwithstanding the fact that Tunis had
been a French protectorate for a Quarter of a century
and Algiers a French possession for sixty years. As
regards other foreign powers, I was not aware that any
opportunity had arisen for any discussion with them on
the question, Koweit having no intercourse with any
States except those on the shores of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
If such a case as he had supposed for the sake of argu
ment were to arise with the French, the French Consul
would either admit our intervention or an exchange of
views would follow on the political issues at stake
similar to that now taking place between His Excellency
and myself, i have since sent His Excel lenc 3 . r a French-
geographical work, based on Eli see Reclus'Geographie
Universe!le, which whilst describing Bahrein as a Tur
kish dependency, includes Koweit among the States of
"independent Arabia*.
His Excellency observed that it was somewhat re-
markable that no such test case as he had suggested should
as
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The papers concern the status of citizens of Koweit [Kuwait] in Persia, particularly in view of the fact that the British Government had not declared a formal protectorate over Kuwait, and that sovereignty over Kuwait was claimed by the Ottoman Empire.
The principal correspondents are the 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. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Marquess of Lansdowne); and senior officials of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and 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. .
The papers include: an intervention by the 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. to ensure that a British representative was present at the trial of a 'Koweit Arab' in Persia, June-August 1904 (folios 320-323); papers concerning the question of protection for subjects of Kuwait on Persian territory, and incidents of interference by Persian customs with Kuwaiti merchant vessels, June-December 1904 (folios 286-319), including the question of what flag should be flown by Kuwait vessels (folio 291); and papers concerning diplomatic contacts over the status of subjects of Kuwait in Persia between HM Minister at Tehran and the Persian Government, February-August 1905 (folios 248-285).
The French language content of the papers consists of copies of two letters (folios 261 and 276).
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- File 1855/1904 Pt 6 'Koweit:- Status of Koweitis in Persia.'
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- 246r:260v, 261v:275v, 276v:322v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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