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'Memorandum respecting Koweit' [8v] (6/14)
The record is made up of 1 volume (7 folios). It was created in Dec 1905. 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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many would be compelled to regard such a pro
ceeding as an unfriendly act.
The reply in each case was that His Majesty's
Government had no such intention, Sir X. 0 Conor
adding the reservation " provided that r L urkey
did not force our hands by interfering with the
Sheikh."
On the 3rd September Count Metternich called
to say " that if by threats of force His Majesty's
Government prevented the Sultan from landing
troops at Koweit, they were refusing to recognize
the Sultan's authority with which they had
stated (in a Memorandum communicated by the
King to the German Emperor, see p. 7)
that they did not desire to interfere in those
parts, and that the German Government con
sidered that Koweit formed unquestionably part
of the territories belonging to the Sultan.' 1
Sir T. Sanderson promised to report his obser
vations to Lord Lansdowne, and said he could at
once state that His Majesty's Government had no
desire to disturb the status quo.
Next day telegrams were communicated by Anthopoulo
Anthopoulo
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Turkish Ambassador in September 6 1901
London, protesting against the reported intention
to declare a British Protectorate and describing
the Convention of 1899 as without validity, but
the Sultan had meanwhile been advised by the
German Government to be satisfied with the
assurances given to Count Metternich, and to ask
for their repetition.
On the 6th September Sir N. 0'Conor was sent
for by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The assurances given by his Excellency on To Sir N. O'Conor,
this occasion were considered by the Ottoman s|?p t ^' )or u
Government "of a nature to terminate the 1901.
present controversy," and Anthopoulo
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was instructed to ask for their confirmation.
The following note was accordingly addressed
to him:—
" The Marquess of Lansdowne to Anthopoulo
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
" Foreign Office,
" \ our Excellency, September 11, 1901.
" I have taken note with satisfaction of the telegram
from the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, com
municated by you on the 9th instant, in which his
Excellency states that the Turkish Government will
not send troops to Koweit, and will maintain the status
quo theie, on condition that His Majesty's Government
will abstain from occupying that place or establishing a
British Protectorate there.
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This file is a memorandum concerning Koweit [Kuwait] written by Foreign Office official, R V Harcourt [Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt].
The memorandum is divided up as follows:
- General Narrative - Turkish Activity - Understandings with Turkey and Germany;
- Koweit Boundary;
- 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. ;
- Koweit Flag;
- Koweit Post Office;
- General Policy.
The memorandum discusses Britain's position in Koweit and the development of Britain's relationship with Kuwait's ruler, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The appendix to the memorandum (folios 11r-12) contains a copy of an agreement signed between the British Government and Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait in January 1899, a translation of a letter sent to Mubārak by Lieutenant-Colonel Meade [Malcolm John Meade] in January 1899 and a copy of a memorandum regarding Koweit written for the Foreign Office by the Marquess of Lansdowne [Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne] in March 1902.
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- 1 volume (7 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation for this memorandum and appendix commences at f 6, and terminates at f 12, as they are part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
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- 'Memorandum respecting Koweit'
- Pages
- 6r:12v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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