File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.' [‎193r] (47/154)

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I am ready to do so, with the object of getting rid of the former ^Turkish) post.
As regards myself, I am content by reason of the care I * * * * * * * 9 and protection which
• (Favour?) are emended to all those who take refuge
t (Favour?) under your shadow of whom I am one
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tection I shall derive distinction and prosperity. % I am under your command
and will do whatever you may order and see fit.
As regards the flag it will be the old type hut the one with the word
u Koweit ” in it has my approval in order to make things clear. But the expla
nation will he by means of the Articles ( ) which the boat-owners take
(with them), for it will be possible for the flag to be taken in addition by some
vessel not belonging to my subjects and hoisted when the need for it arises.
Your high opinion will look into this.
Enclosed is the copy of the Article, and if you approve it, the order is
with you.
May you be preserved.
Copy of Article (
Issued and given to the bearer
Dated of the month of
(Signature) The Chief of Koweit.
MUBABAK-EL-SUBAH.
[Noth .—The marginal remarks are by tbe Hakim Sahib ]
) which I give under my signature to the boats of my
subjects, the people of Koweit,
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
To those who may see this my writing such as the sea-farers, inhabitants
of the ports and the Great friendly Powers, the Boat called__
owned by who is one of my subjects, inhabitant
of Koweit. We hope from the orders and knowledge of the Great and friendly
Powers that, on seeing and perusing this, they will treat the vessel in a becoming
manner, as required by the principles, laws,
* ie * compacts and obligations^ of the Friendly
Powers.
^^(/that it may not he hidden.
No. 3086 .E B., dated Simla, the 11 th August 1905 .
From—S. M. Fraser, Esq., C.I.E., Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department,
To— Rear-Admiral Edmund T?oe, C.V.O., Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies
Station.
I am directed to transmit to Your Excellency copies of correspondence as
marked in the margin* on the subject of a
proposal that the Sheikh of Koweit should
adopt a flag distinct from the Turkish for
use on vessels belonging to himself or his
subjects.
I am to invite your attention to the
specimens of possible flags which have
been submitted by 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.
and to enquire which of them, if any, can,
in your opinion, be recommended to the
Sheikh, due regard being had to the consi-
derations advanced in paragraph 7 of the despatch from the Government of India
•(1) Letter No. 203, dated 2nd July 1904, from
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. .
(^) Sesrot despatch No. 230'ibx.j dated the otb.
December 1904, to His Majesty’s Secretary of State
Letter from tbe 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. to the Foreign
Office, dated tbe 12th January 1905.
(4) Telegram, dated the 1st March 1905, from His
Majesty’s >ecretary of Stole for India. ^
(5) Letter from the Foreign Office to the India
Office, dated the 18th February 1905
(6) Letter No. 337, dated the 16th July 1905, from
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. (with
enclosures in original —to be returned).
(7) Letter No. 346, dated the 22nd July 1905,
from 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. , and
enclosures
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