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'File 53/6 (D 2) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899' [232v] (463/554)
The record is made up of 1 volume (280 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1898-2 Aug 1899. 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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In the interest of furthering the negotiations with the Turkish authorities, it has
been deemed advisable to induce Count Kapnist to give up his interest in the proiect,
and this he has consented to do, in return for a substantial consideration. ~ Count
Jlapmst has, consequently, drawn up a declaration, in which he states that he has
hitherto been acting on behalf of an English Syndicate, and that having ceased to
nave any further interest in the Concession applied for, he resigns'all his rights in
lavour of M. Eechnitzer, the representative of the Syndicate, who in future is to be
consmered the real concessionnaire. This declaration will be presented to the Ministry
o ublic W orks as soon as the terms upon which Count Kapnist gives up his interest
have been agreed to. a o i
rvffi M ; ®', echuit,zer llas obtained a letter of introduction from the Austrian Foreign
Uthce to the Austnan Ambassador in Constantinople, but I understand M. Eecbnitzer
has not yet presented it. Mr. Block iuforms me that letters have also been received
iiom Messrs. Rothschild by the Sublime Porte, recommending M. Hechnitzer.
, The diaJt Convention for the proposed railway tas been drawn up by Mr. Alex
ander Henderson, M.P., and has been submitted to the Ministry of Public Works "
where it is now being examined and discussed in detail.
The demand for a kilometric guarantee has not been accepted by the Turkish
authorities, but that a proposal for guaranteeing the line, out of the increase of the
entertXed 116 ^ dlStriCts throu ^ h wllicl1 tlle ra ilway will pass, has been favourably
^ 7 , . 7 , 0 no (Signed) EENEST WEAKLEY.
Constantinople, April 18, 1899.
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This file contains correspondence between various British officials (and correspondence directly between British officials and members of the Al Sabah ruling family of Kuwait including Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ) concerning the nature of the relationship between the British Government and Kuwait.
This correspondence discusses whether or not Kuwait should be made a British protectorate and Kuwait's relationship with the Ottoman state and other foreign powers. A copy and translation (into English) of a secret agreement made between Shaikh Mubārak and the British government is contained on folios 42-43.
The recognition of Shaikh Mubārak as ruler of Kuwait (Mubārak murdered the previous ruler, his brother Mohammed, in 1896) is also discussed.
The file also contains detailed correspondence regarding a scheme, proposed by a Russian named Count Kapnist, to construct a railway line between Tripoli and Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (280 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on ff 1a-2. The page numbers used in this index relate to the foliation sequence in the file that is printed with a mechanical stamp.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier, possibly original, foliation sequence that runs through the volume, using a mechanical stamp.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 163a, 163b. Folios 258 and 259 are in reverse arrangement.
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- English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/472
- Title
- 'File 53/6 (D 2) Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:3v, 1ar:1av, 2r:2v, 4r:23r, 24v:41v, 43r:66r, 66r, 67r:76v, 78r:79v, 82r:115v, 117r:117v, 119r:119v, 121r:123v, 125r:126r, 127r, 128r, 130r:132v, 134r:137v, 139r:144v, 145v:162v, 163ar:163bv, 164r:175v, 177r:177v, 179r:182v, 184r:214v, 217r:233r, 234r:235v, 237r:238v, 240r:241v, 245r:249r, 250r, 251r:277v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence