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'Memorandum respecting Koweit' [11r] (11/14)
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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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.
,
March 10, 1905,
11
continues to exist, reserve absolutely the right to
dispatch an officer to that place as occasion
requires at their uncontrolled discretion as to
time and length of stay.
There is a voluminous correspondence on the
subject in the autumn of 1904 (see especially
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.
, 19th November, and our reply of
25th November).
We have discouraged the idea of a " mission
of inquiry " into the interior which the Govern
ment of India put forward, and have expressed
strongly the opinion that British influence should
be rigidly confined to the coast.
Koweit Flag.
The Sheikh at present flies the Turkish flag.
He has been recommended to adopt a distinctive
ensign for shipping purposes while retaining the
present flag for use in Koweit itself.
Koweit Post Office.
1904-5. It has been proposed to establish a British
Post Office at Koweit. After some discussion it
was decided that the proposal might raise incon
venient questions with the Porte, and the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
surgeon, who has proceeded to Koweit in
his professional capacity, is not as yet to perform
the duties of postmaster.
General Policy.
A Memorandum, written in 1902 by Lord
Lansdowne with regard to Koweit and Persian
Oulf affairs generally, is given in Appendix
No. 2.
Under the heading El Katr will be found a
later expression of opinion on the same subject.
(Signed) R. V. HAROOURT.
Foreign Office,
December 11, 1905.
[1265—1] E
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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
- Title
- '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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- Open Government Licence