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'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)' [160v] (338/636)
The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1904-10 Nov 1913. 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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English, French or other subject who is certain to make enquiries
and ascertain the legal position. So successful has the misre
presentation been that several wealthy and well educated men
connected with Basrah, with whom I have discussed the matter,
refused to believe that I could personally acquire land in Basrah
and have the transfer registered in the “ Tapu ” Office in my own
name without first becoming a Turkish subject myself.
3. In addition to the above, the authorities refuse to admit that Koweitis
or indeed any Arabs at all have any separate nationality—they claim that all
Arabs, ipso JactOf are the Sultan’s subjects and therefore Turks in nationality.
Consequently, in pursuance of the new regime's efforts to consolidate the Turkish
Empire, the opportunity is apparently being utilized in the case of the landed
classes, (at all events in these outlying provinces), to force an outward and
visible sign of Turkish nationality upon Arabs who hitherto have regarded them
selves as more or less independent, though owning religious allegiance to the
Sultan as the Khalif of Islam.
The matter is an intricate one which the general ignorance of even well-
educated Arabs, combined with the Sheikh’s tortuous methods, makes none the
easier to elucidate, but I trust that I have given its bearings sufficiently clearly
above to show that recognition by the Turkish authorities of “ Koweiti ” as a
distinct nationality would go far towards a permanent settlement of the present
as well as the larger question of the whole status of Koweit.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the:
- Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens on the Shatt al-`Arab
- Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates
- registration of Shaikh Mubarak's property at Faddaghiya
- offer of a cash salary to Shaikh of Kuwait as Qaimaqam
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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, Stuart George Knox; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak al Sabah; and 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 Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , John Gordon Lorimer.
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- 1 volume (307 folios)
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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 309; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-308; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:25v, 26ar:26av, 26v:43v, 44ar, 44r:50v, 51ar:51av, 51r:75v, 76ar:76av, 76r:76v, 76v, 76v:82v, 83ar:83av, 83r:94v, 98r:101v, 102ar:102av, 102r:113v, 116r:118v, 119ar:119av, 119r:120v, 121ar:121av, 121r:134v, 136r:145v, 147r:158v, 159ar:159av, 159r:309r, back-i
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