'Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913' [‎10v] (29/98)

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A nnex I *
Agreement of January 23, 1899, with the Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
Praise be to God alone {lit. in the name of God Almighty) (" Bissim Illah
Ta'alah Shanuho ").
i T he object of writing this lawful and honourable bond is,
that it is hereby covenanted 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
sanction of the British Government; and he further binds himself,
his heirs and successors, 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 purposes.
This engagement also to extend to any portion of the territory of
the said Sheikh Mubarak which may now be in 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
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, I.M.S.
(L S.) J. Calcott Gaskin.
(L .S.) Muhammad Rahim-bin-Abdul
Nebi Saffer.
* Eeferred to in article 3 of the convention (see p. 2 above).