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'File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh' [153r] (305/556)
The record is made up of 1 file (277 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923. 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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Of 1907
v .rfjf nt.-iai 'To: /aC.
. Tom Ivlajor S. . r.ox , I. A.
Political Meat , .loweit
To Ilajor P.Z.Gox , O.T.ijj.
^e^ident H.ij.MIs Gonsul-n-eneral in the
Persian G-ulf . ^ushire
ated .loweit / SO/11/07
Sir
I have the honour to acluiowled£e the receipt ot
u our office endorsement no:24?2 dated £6/11/07 ,
with which was forwarded cop,, of a telegram no:S535
dated 6^/11/07 trom _ orei^n , Simla 9 calling for rn^
opinion on clause 9 of the lease of Shweikh lands .
^ • I have the honourto state that , in m^ opinion 9
clause 9 does not £ive a pledge on the part of Govern
ment to guarantee Sheikh Moba^ak’s dynast.,. The effect
of the clause 9 in m^ opinion 9 makes it incurabent on
us not to take an„ action calculated to upset his ct,na
ast^ or himself 9 but does not bind the Ooverni'aent 9
in an„ shape or form , to active support of either the
Sheikh or his heirs .
c . The whole tendency of the agreement is to this
etfeet *we are not to interfere in the internal admin
istration of fbweit and this was undoubtedly in the
Sheikh s mind throughout the progress of the negotia
tions .
4 • To illustrate m^ opinion by concrete examples :-
(A) Suppose some foreign power , e.£. uin P.ashid
or uin Sa’ud were threatening .loweit , we should be ,
so . ar as this agreement alone is concerned , entitled
to ^it with folded hands and allow the enem^ to take
howeit , accept his occupation as a fait accompli and
make our own terms with the conrueror •
(n) Suppose internal cuarrels amon*-; the heirs f we
could still , under the agreement f and indeed would ,
within reasonable limits , e # £. so lo«£ as British
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The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between 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, 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. (or his assistant) in Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, but also includes communications from the Ambassador in Constantinople, Admiralty, 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. , Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Marine Department of the Government of India, Foreign Office, Shaikh Mobarek of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. Following the First World War 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. communicated with the Civil (later High) Commissioner in Iraq rather than the Government of India.
The papers cover the following matters:
- the secret negotiations over the terms of the lease agreement between 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 and Shaikh Mobarek, such as customs rates and the inclusion of the island of Warba
- concern about how the Turks might view the agreement
- use of the site as the terminus of the Baghdad Railway
- arrangements for the annual payments to the Shaikh
- construction of buildings such as coal sheds and structures such as moorings
- the precise delimitations of the plot to be leased
- termination of the lease and the question of whether to replace it with a subsidy for the Shaikh
- future use of the buildings
- arrangements for a refund following an overpayment
The file includes the following documents:
- Captain Heming's report on the position and requirements for the proposed plot (folios 3-6)
- the final agreement, signed in October 1907, in English and Arabic (folios 118-36)
- a sketch plan of the Bander Shweikh foreshore (folio 185)
- Extent and format
- 1 file (277 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front of the file to the back.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-218; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/92
- Title
- 'File 36/3 Lease of Bander Shweikh'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:80r, 81r, 84r, 87r:117v, 137r:271v, 272v:277v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence