!['File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [‎35v] (80/103)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00024b/IOR_R_15_1_614_0080.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [‎35v] (80/103)")
'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [35v] (80/103)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
I trust you will inform the British Government that I recognise and admit the
force of your explanations that myi nterests and those of the British Government are
identical, and that there is no difference between them ; and accordingly it is incumbent
on me to rely upon the advice of the Great Government in this matter; but they will,
I am sure, understand that when any doubt enters my mind, and I see in any measure
a probable source of difficulty and danger to my own interests or those of Government,
it is proper for me to communicate my apprehensions for their august views. But in
view of your explanations and letter under reply, I can but bow to their view and
authorise your Honour to say that I shall rely on the Great Government to support me
so lono; as I am firm in faithful fulfilment of my engagements with them as in the past.
Please God, I shall preserve those obligations and increase my intimate attachment
to the Great Government, and shall act up to what is written in our treaties, and even
more than that.
I would only represent to you that among the stipulations in our treaties, and in
the agreement regarding the lease of land at Bandar Shweikh, my " sons " are specified
as mv successors, while now, in the condition as arranged between the two Governments,
the word "khalaf" appears. Now " khalaf" {" successors ") includes sons and others.
Again, in our treaties I am described as not agreeing to the presence in Koweit of the
subjects of any foreign Government, especially the Turkish Government.
These are two points in our treaties, and further, in the documentary agreement
between yourselves and me in regard to the lease of land at Shweikh, 1 stipulated that
the right of levying customs duty on your subjects and others belonged to me, and on
this understanding the agreement) was reached, and I have the deed and you also have
a duplicate.
I have explained to you these three points; please give them your high conside
ration. And whatever was included in the treaty was with the concurrence of both
parties, and the agreement regarding the lease of land at Shweikh was also concluded
with the concurrence of both parties. I beg to refer this to your Honour's consideration
and attention, and the decision rests with you.
(Sealed) MUBARAK-BIN-SUBAH.
Enclosure 6 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. Cox to the Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
(After compliments.) Mohammerah, July 7, 1913.
I PIAVE duly received your esteemed letter dated 2Dd Shaaban, 1331 (7th July,
1913), and understood its contents. I am highly obliged for your compliance with the
views of the British Government.
Your honour drew attention (in the same communication) to certain items contained
in the treaties and engagements existing between the British Government and
yourself. Your friend has not got the text of them here in Mohammerah, except the
translation of the agreement executed between yourself and Colonel Meade, Resident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on the 23rd January, 1899. The purport of that instrument is that
your Honour would not receive an agent from any foreign Government without previous
reference to, and the concurrence of, the British Government. In the course of
the present negotiation it was necessary for the British Government to acquiesce
in the appointment of an agent of the Turkish Government at Koweit as the price of
the recognition of the administrative autonomy of your Government, and in return for
the other advantages accruing to your Excellency, as set forth in the document in
question.
Secondly, with reference to the use of the word " successor " (" khalaf") instead of
the word " sons " (" aolad ") therein. There was no motive behind this. For you are aware
that, as stipulated in the convention, the Turkish Government specifically refrains from
concerning itself with this question, and agrees not to interfere in connection there
with. Consequently, in my opinion, everything that is recorded in this regard in
the agreements between the British Government and yourself holds good and is not
altered.
But as I have not got the documents with me, I will, on arrival at Bushire, after
careful examination, write to your honour in confirmation of above, and if I see any
point that arouses doubt, I will refer to Government.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (42 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [35v] (80/103), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/614, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023281214.0x000051> [accessed 3 February 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023281214.0x000051
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023281214.0x000051">'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations' [‎35v] (80/103)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023281214.0x000051"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00024b/IOR_R_15_1_614_0080.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00024b/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/614
- Title
- 'File 73/7 IV (D 25) Anglo-Turkish Negotiations'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence