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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [197v] (400/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. 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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plv daily to Kathama, from the vicinity of which most of the building stone tor
Kuwait is brought; that the Shaikh and other Kuwait people keep their horses
and maintain gardens at Jahra, whilst market produce is daily brought into
Kuwait from the place ; that the Shaikh's drinking-water as well as that tor this
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
is brought daily from Sirra and the townspeople make the
place and its vicinity a picnic resort. Again it is contended that the Shaikh s
influence does not extend beyond " 20 kilometres, i.e., to the limits of the territory
occupied by the great Ajman tribe". In the first place the Ajman tribe
cannot approach for grazing purposes within 100 miles of Kuwait without the
Shaikh's express permission ; secondly, the Shaikh levies " zikat ' from this tribe ;
thirdly, he has more than once imprisoned their Shaikhs for misbehaviour and
at the present moment he has some 25 representatives of various sections of this
tribe in prison in Kuwait, including the Shaikh of the Safran section; fourthly, on
the death of Mahomed al Hithlain in the spring of 1910, the selection of a suc
cessor to the chief shaikhship of the Ajman was made by Mubarakh, {yide Kuwait
News for week ending 13th April 1910)- this occasion the Shaikh of every
section of the Ajman tribe came to Kuwait and I personally happened to be
present when it was decided by Mubarakh in a conference that Fahad and Thaidan
al Hilhlain should succeed Mahomed.
If the rest of the Turkish reply anent Kuwait shows the same extraordinary
ignorance (to use no stronger term) of existing facts, I venture to think that
Shaikh Mubarakh's side of the case as presented by this Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at
least merits acceptance until the Turkish Government can lead evidence which
can be truly so described in place of the wild unsupported assertions which so
far seem to have formed the basis of their claims. In point of fact the Turks
have no first-hand knowledge of the interior nor of the tribes over whom they
claim authority.
Statement of Othman bin Mahomed al Ateybi, aged about 55 years, at present
residing in Kuwait.
Over two years ago I left Safwan where my family had been settled from
my forefathers' time. We left the place because when the soldiers came they
began to oppress us and worry us with demands for the few things we grew. We
came originally from Nejd and I am really from the Ateyba tribe. I do not know
when my forefathers came to Safwan, but it was very long ago; I was actually
born in Kuwait but worked at the gardens in Safwan from when I was quite a
small boy. There were about 15 huts in the place all belonging to our Nejd
people. We cultivated grain, wheat and barley and vegetables. We had no
regular payments to make to any one but it was upon us to look after Shaikh
Mubarakh's cattle, sheep, camels etc., when they were in our vicinity and we had
to draw the water and maintain the wells in order for him. Two years ago there
W. H. I. SHAKESPEAR, Captain,
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.
, Kuwait,
States:
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- Content
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: 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, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, 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. , and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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