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'XXII/9 Sheikh's relations with Germany' [3r] (5/44)
The record is made up of 1 volume (20 folios). It was created in 3 Sep 1907-3 Jul 1912. 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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f M, '
OOPY of a (Jonfidenti&l Letter No 479 iated the 3rd
-ember 1907 from T /ajor Knox # Political Apent, Knwait
to 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 O^lf, BUSHIRE*
Sir,
I h^ve the honour to ronort that Shaikh o^arak
informed me at on interview d^rin^ the past week that v r
wonckha^ie , the Grerman merchant at Nasra , had visited him
at Failiya in the Shatt-al-Arab •
<?, He stated that he had merely come on an ordinary
visit of courtesy having* heard m ch of Sheikh ? /obarak-as -
S-Jtbah and heine- interestod in him and his fine town.
3. He also said that he did not know if Sheikh vobarak
was aware of the friendly interest and solidw.ie with which
His Imperial ^aiesty the Sultan watched Shaikh obarak and
hos doines and how His Hale sty was continually sending* roes-
-sag’es to the local Tarkish authorities to safest ad Sheikh
vob'vak f s interests in ©vary way. ^o this the sheikh ap-
-pears to have made suitable acknowledgements.
4. somehow or other, in srite of the courtesy visit ,
the talk insensibly drifted to business matters, onsie r
wonokha'as bap^n talking* of his f?.ne line of steamers and
expressed owriosity as to how and whence ftoweit town drew
its snrnlies . Prom Bombay throm^h the British India 'om-
-pany? -nsiowr ^onckhams was astonished to hear it , om-
-bav was so far away.
Sheikh TJ obarak then expatiated on the lone; and tft/
close connection of r oweit with the • ng;lish » A3 frien i-
-ship between the two was over 700 years old and, in smite
of th 2 distance from Bombay, qw.ite a number of Koweit mer-
-ohants had business he tses there and all had intimate re-
-lations . If vonsisnr -vonckhans were to ask r Lvle , t.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to:
- the visit of Wonckhaus and an application for permission to open a branch in Kuwait;
- approaches from Wonckhaus about the Baghdad Railway.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the following: 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. at Kuwait, William Henry Irvine Shakespear; 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; and First Assistant Resident, R L Birdwood.
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- 1 volume (20 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-21; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- 'XXII/9 Sheikh's relations with Germany'
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