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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [129r] (262/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 1912-1915. It was written in English. 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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FOR THE YEAR 1912.
119
attend the investiture, the reasons for his absence being accordingly explained
to the Shaikh.
The Shaikh was informed that negotiations between the Porte and His
Baghadad Railway. Majesty's Government were proceeding
with a view to the final settlement of all
differences between them concurrently with a solution of the Baghdad Railway
terminus question. Interested as he naturally must be in such a matter the
Shaikh appears content to leave his own part of the case in our hands, confident
that we will obtain for him such terms as may be compatible with his interests.
Al; the same time he does not admit that the lapse of time has given the Turkish
Government any better right to the points on his boundaries still occupied by
their petty detachments.
The cordial and intimate relations existing between Shaikh Mubarak and
with the shaikh of Mohammerah. Shaikh Khazal continue to be cemented by
the exchange of frequent visits. Shaikh
Mubarak visited Pailiyah four times during the year in his yacht remaining on
each occasion from three to five weeks.
Shaikh Khazal with his Secretary, Haji Eais, arrived in Shaikh Mubarak's
yacht on the 22nd August escorted by his own launch. He was received by
the Shaikh with his usual warmth and hospitality, and after spending about a
week in Kuwait the party returned to Mohammerah on the 29th August.
Shaikhs Salim bin Mubarak, Ahmed bin Jabir, Ali bin Khalifah and others
of Shaikh Mubarak's family have also visited Eailiyah.
Friendly relations which were revived last year still subsist between the
with the shaikh of Bahrain. Subah ^ a n d Al Khalifah families,
though no visits were exchanged.
In January the Mission established a Minister in Kuwait and rented
with the American Mission. another house from the Shaikh for his use.
3 The staff now consists of a doctor, a ladv
doctor, and a Minister assisted by a colporteur and a dispenser. Plans have
been prepared and the material ordered for the proposed Mission hospital and
work will shortly be commenced on the site which, as alreadv stated in the
report for 1910, has been acquired on the west side of the town. *
Various members of the Mission from other stations have visited Kuwait
during the year, among them Br. Mylrea and Mr. Shaw. Dr. P. W Harrison
in the course of his work, visited the pearl-banks by native boat during the
diving season, but found himself unable to do much beyond dispensino- a few
medicines. b
The Shaikh's relations with the Mission have been uniformly friendly and
he took pains to provide them with a house when the one already occupied bv
them had to be vacated suddenly. 1 ^
Messrs. Wonckhaus & Co., who through their
native agents
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
have end-
With Germans. • eavoured since last year to acquire a foot
. hold in Kuwait by the purchase of small
quantities of wheat and barley imported from Hindian and other minor
ports, continued their efforts and one of their European staff also approached
the Shaikh on one of the latter's visits to Mohammerah for permission
to open a branch in Kuwait under European supervision. The Shaikh
gave an evasive reply and sugsrested their addressing themselves first to 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.
or the
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.
. In April, apparently finding that
they were wasting time and money in Kuwait, their
native agents
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
ibdulla
Germani " and Alexander Forage, a Baghdad Christian, who had spent some
months m Kuwait m an expensively furnished office, returned to Basrah bao-
and baggage. Towards the end of the year Abdulla again visited Kuwait
presumably m the firm's interests but he left for Basrah on the 26th Decem-
There has been no epidemic in Kuwait or in its environs during the year.
Public Htaith. an ^ health of the port has been very
good throughout-
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The volume contains Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1911 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1912 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1913); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1913 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1914); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for the Year 1914 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1915).
The Reports contain reviews 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. , and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative districts that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal places and tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, transport, judicial matters, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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- 1 volume (241 folios)
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There is a list of contents toward the front of each Report.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 2 on the first folio after the front cover, and terminates at 242 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:240v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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