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File 1247/1912 Pt 1 'Turkey:- Communication to Turkish Govt of agreement between Gt. Britain and Koweit, Bahrein & Trucial Chiefs. Decorations for Sheiks of Koweit, Mohammerah & Bahrein in connection with Anglo-Turkish Convention.' [138r] (195/336)
The record is made up of 123 folios. It was created in 19 Oct 1896-24 Sep 1913. 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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Li-'yL'i
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
EASTERN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET SERIES.
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[42135]
No. 1.
/Sir Edward Grey to Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
[October 24.]
Your Highness, ^ Foreign Office, October 24, 1911.
IN compliance with the request which, under instructions from your Government,
you were good enough to make to me on the 16th ultimo, I have the honour to transmit
to you herewith copies of the agreements concluded by His Majesty's Government
with the Trucial chiefs of Oman and the Sheikhs of Bahrein and Koweit, to which
reference is made in the memorandum communicated to your Highness on the 29th
July last.
" With respect to these agreements His Majesty’s Government have the following
observations to make :—
As regards No. 1, His Majesty’s Government have informed the Sheikh of Koweit
that so long as he and his heirs and successors act up to their obligations under the
agreement, His Majesty’s Government undertake to support them and accord them
their good offices. His Majesty’s Government reserve to themselves the right to
interpret that term at their discretion.
His Majesty’s Government hold, moreover, a lease of land from the Sheikh of
Koweit.
As regards No. 4, His Majesty’s Government take occasion to remind the Sublime
Porte that British rights in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and on the coast rest not merely on the
agreements concluded, and transmitted herewith to the Ottoman Government, but on
the custom, consent, and long-established relations between the local chiefs and the
Government of India.
His Majesty’s Government hope that in the communication of these agreements,
together with the supplementary declarations which are hereby brought to the notice
of & the Ottoman Government, the Sublime Porte will see proof of His Majesty’s
Government’s good-will and desire to facilitate the conclusion of the negotiations set
forth in their above-mentioned memorandum.
I have, &c.
E. GBEY.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Agreement of January 23, 1899, with Sheikh of Koweit.
(Translation.)
Praise be to God alone (lit. in the name of God Almighty) (“ Bissim Illah Ta’alah Shanuho ”).
THE object of writing this lawful and honourable bond is, that it is hereby
covenanted and agreed between Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C.,
Her Britannic Majesty’s
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.
, on behalf of the British Government, on
the one part, and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, Sheikh of Koweit, on the other
part; that the said Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, of his own free will and desire,
does hereby pledge and bind himself, his heirs and successors, not to receive the agent or
representative of any Power or Government at Koweit, or at any other place within
the limits of his territory, without the previous sanction of the British Government;
and he further binds himself, his heirs and successors, not to cede, sell, lease, mortgage,
or give for occupation or for any other purpose, any portion of his territory to the
Government or subjects of any other Pow r er without the previous consent of Her
Majesty’s Government for these purposes. This engagement also to extend to any
portion of the territory of the said Sheikh Mubarak which may now be in possession of
the subjects of any other Government.
In token of the conclusion of this lawful and honourable bond, Lieutenant-Colonel
Malcolm John Meade, I.S.C., Her Britannic Majesty’s
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.
in the Persian
Gulf, and Sheikh Mubarak-bin-Sheikh Subah, the former on behalf of the British
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The correspondence relates to the Anglo-Turkish Convention and assistance provided by the Shaikhs of Koweit [Kuwait] and Mahommerah [Khorramshahr] in the negotiation process, which results in the decision to bestow the award of KCSI (Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India) on both Shaikhs.
Also discussed are:
- the negotiations between the Ottoman Government and the Bagdad Railway Company;
- a request by the Turkish Government for copies of agreements and conventions made by the British Government with Koweit, Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Trucial Chiefs;
- the decision to also bestow honours of a CSI (Companion of the Order of the Star of India) on Shaikh of Bahrein and CIE (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) on Haji Rais, trusted confident and adviser to the Shaikh of Mahommerah.
The principal correspondents include the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), the Secretary of State for India (Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Lord George F Hamilton, and Lord Crewe), the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon, Earl of Minto), the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Arthur Henry McMahon), and representatives of the Foreign Office.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence for this description commences at f 86, and terminates at f 208, as 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.
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