'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)' [‎295r] (607/636)

CONFIDENTIAL.
No. i475j dated Bushire, the 19 th (received 30 th) July 1912 .
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Political Resi
dent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Simla.
I have the honour to refer to the correspondence ending with this office
letter No. 2895, dated the 30th October 1910, reporting the offer of a salary of
£T.4 qo per annum by the Vali of Basrah to Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait and to
No. C-42, dated the 29th May 1912.
forward, for the information of Govern
ment, a copy of the communication mar
ginally noted, received from 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, in the same connection.
No. C- 42 , dated Kuwait, the 29 th May 1912 .
From— Captain W. H. I. Shakespear, I.A., 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,
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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
As an illustration of Turkish methods in manufacturing interests in Kuwait
I have the honour to report the following significant incident.
2. In its issue cf the i ith May 1912, the Basra Arabic newspaper
published a paragraph (presumably inspired) that the Turkish Government had
granted a monthly allowance of Piastres 20,000 to Shaikh Mubarak. The Shaikh
on hearing of the paragraph sent his Secretary Abdul Aziz bin Salim to represent
otthe Vali in the sense of his former letter of the 14th Shawal 1328 (18th October
1910) that he did not desire the honour. (A copy of this letter is already on the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. records.)
3. The representation had the effect desired, in so far that the Dastur
of the 22nd May published a dementi \n Turkish over the signature of the Vali.
It may be observed that the original announcement in Arabic would probably be
read and believed by 99 persons for every one who would peruse the subsequent
contradiction in Turkish.
Cr. c. B. P. Simla,—No. C'48-F,D.—