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'File 53/1, 3, 5, 6 A (D 1) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs, 1896-1901' [127v] (266/788)
The record is made up of 1 volume (387 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1896-3 Oct 1900. It was written in English 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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Decypher Sir P. Currie , Therapia
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Despatched 12-20
Received 1-15
No. 465.
| p.m.,
July 16, 1897.
Eollowing received from Her Majesty's Consul-General at Bagdad :—
'* British. Consul at Bussorah (? reports) attack on Koweit June 30tli by
Sheikh Usuf Ibrahim. Force consisting of eleven boats and eleven hundred
men with rifles, five hundred of which came from Hindo Persia were
repulsed.
On July 10th I directed Consul to proceed and report fully on this and
cases of piracy that have occurred at head of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, but have can
celled order pending further instructions from Your Excellency. Respect
fully solicit Your Excellency's order.
"Will Your Lordship inform me what instructions I should send in reply ?
Decypher Sir P. Currie , Therap
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Despatched 5-35
Received 6-30
No. 467.
| p.m.,
July 16, 1897.
My telegram No. 465.
Consul at Bussorah, who has been ordered to proceed to Koweit in Her
Majesty s Ship Figeoiiy asks whether Her Majesty's Government have ever
acknowledged that place to be under Turkish protection. I propose to answer
him in negative, but should be glad to have Your Lordship's sanction in view of
acceptance by the feheikh of the post of Turkish Kaimakan as reported in
Captain Whyte's memorandum forwarded
iu my despatch of March* 24ith last.
(See Secretary's No. 18, dated 9th April 1897.)
Cypher to Sir P. Currie , despatched 1 -10 p.m ., dated 17th July 1897.
No. 306.
Your telegram No. 405 (of the 16th instant).
Unless the cases of piracy affect British subjects, or the Chiefs in the
Gulf, under engagements with us, intervene in the struggles at Koweit, so as to
disturb the general peace of the Gulf, we do not see that the matter calls for
action or enquiry on our part.
Cypher to Sir P. Currie , despatched 1-45 p.m ., dated 17th July 1897.
No. 307.
Your telegram No. 467 (of the 16th instant).
We have never acknowledged Koweit to be under Turkish protection.
But it seems doubtful whether we could deny that in fact it is under Turkish
influence.
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(Copy).
Foreign Office to
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.
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Foreign Office, July 22, 1897
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With reference to my letter of the 17th instant, I an directed by the Mar
quess of Salisbury to transmit herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of
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This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait.
The file includes copies of direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and British officials regarding Mubarak's desire for British protection and the nature of Kuwait's relationship with the Ottoman Empire.
The file contains a number of reports (in their original Arabic with English translations attached) concerning political affairs in Kuwait that were written by Ali bin Ghulam Reza, a news agent in Kuwait employed by the British.
On folio 7 the file contains a geographical and historical summary of Kweit [Kuwait] that gives details regarding the recent takeover of power by Moubarec [Mubārak]. The file contains further information on the location, population and economy of Kuwait on folio 99.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (387 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order and is divided into four sections as follows:
Pages 1-86: 53/1 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1896-1897
Pages 87-216: 53/3 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1897-1898
Pages 217-349: 53/5 Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1899-1900
Pages 350-373: 53/6A Koweit [Kuwait] Affairs 1899 - 1901
A title page is included in the file at the beginning of each new section and an index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folios 2-5.
The page numbers used in both the index and the four chronological sections relate to the original foliation system of the file that uses a mechanical stamp.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the first page of text in the volume until to the inside back cover using circled 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, which uses a mechanical stamp.
The following foliation anomalies occur in the file: 27a, 27b, 130a, 130b, 170a, 170b, 174a, 179a, 179b, 293a, 293b, 310a, 310b, 323a and 323b.
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- Title
- 'File 53/1, 3, 5, 6 A (D 1) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs, 1896-1901'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:26v, 27ar, 27br:27bv, 28r:56v, 56ar:56av, 57r:129v, 130ar:130bv, 131r:169v, 170ar:170bv, 171ar:171bv, 172r:174v, 174ar:174av, 175r:178v, 179ar:179bv, 180r:260r, 261r:281v, 281ar:281av, 282r:292v, 293ar:293bv, 294r:309v, 310ar:310bv, 311r:322v, 323ar:323bv, 324r:344v, 344ar:344av, 345r:376v, 376ar:376av, 377r:377v, 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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- Open Government Licence