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File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.' [234r] (131/154)
The record is made up of 76 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1904-22 Mar 1907. It was written in English 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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[Translation).
Dated the 13th September 1904 (2nd Rajab 132-1).
From— Sheikh Mubarak-us-Subah, Chief of Koweit,
To —Captain S. G. Knox ;
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.
After compliments .—We petition you that the Persian ship, in which
are posted Belgians, is now cruising from the buoy to Gushah within the
Shat-el-Arab, and seized vessels, and searches them, and delays them on their
journeys; that it has seized our boom and helium which voyage between here
and Eao, bringing wood and dates for us, and delayed them some days, and
they (the boom and helium) told them that they were our private boats, and
that their work was between Koweit and Pao, bringing wood and dates, and
after this vexation they let them go.
And now they have seized a boat of our subjects going to Basrah from
Koweit, and have taken their arms which all the boats carry for protection from
pirates, and this matter is well known to all the Governments.
Every boat carries a small gun for saluting purposes on return to their
country and arms, according to the number of the crew in her, as piracy in
Basrah is notorious. Now they have posted soldiers in her, and taken her
small arms to the number of 12, and delayed the boat.
And now a letter from the Nakhoda of the boat has reached us, saying that
they had seized them at the buoy, and towed the boat into Kasbah in front of
the house of the servant of Sheikh Khazal, Euler of Mohammerah, and they
left soldiers in the boat, and kept her in custody with him. And may you
remain guarded!
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The papers concern the proposal that vessels from Koweit [Kuwait] should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].
The principal correspondents are 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. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the 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 (Captain Stuart George Knox); the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor); and senior officials of Government of India.
The papers cover: correspondence concerning the question of the protection that the British Government should give to subjects of Kuwait in Persian territory, June-December 1904 (folios 220-246); a report that the Ambassador at Constantinople saw no objection to the adoption by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] of a distinctive flag for Kuwait vessels, while retaining his existing flag for use in Kuwait, February-March 1905 (folios 217-219); correspondence concerning the proposed use by the Shaikh of Kuwait of the Turkish flag with the addition of the word 'Koweit' written across it in Arabic letters (including colour drawings of the proposed flag, folios 199-203), and specimen shipping certificate, July 1905 - July 1906 (folios 190-216); and correspondence concerning the Shaikh of Kuwait's concerns over the likely consequences of his adoption of the new flag, particularly his fears of 'oppressive measures' from Turkish officials at Basrah [Basra] and other Turkish ports, August 1906 - March 1907 (folios 176-188).
The Arabic language content of the papers is confined to Arabic wording on the specimen shipping certificate and drawings of the proposed Kuwait flag, between folios 192 and 201.
The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents; the date range of the Secret Department minute papers given on the subject divider on folio 171 is 1905-07.
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- File 1855/1904 Pt 7 'Koweit Flag.'
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- 170r:196r, 196r:196v, 196v:245v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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