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Dbaft Convention eegaedino Persian Guif.
Extract.
Article 1.
The territory of Koweit as delimited by Article *1 nf 4 .*
forms an autonomous Qaza of the Ottoman EmpVrl of this Convention
Article 2.
, a v rri « Sheik ^ of Koweit will fly, as in the past, the Ottoman flan- with if he
i s ICS the word “ Koweit ” inscribed in the comer and he will enioy adminis-
The imneriXottom th ® temtorlal zon .e defined in Article 5 of this Convention.
ntffli,.« S ^ .£ i“ 1 G ?'' C1 ' n S ent WlU abstain from a11 interference in the
aflaijs_ of Koweit including the question of succession and from all acts of
formnarrnf 0 ^ °. CCU f tioU and *; rom Mihtary acts in the territories which
term part of Koweit. In case of demise the Imperial Ottoman Government
Sheikh P01 TT as -n ai , m ^ [uka “ 1 > b y Imperial Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). , the successor of the dead
vT t r «, • f 111 also bav , e the n 8 ht t0 appoint an Agent (Commissaire) to
protect the interests and the inhabitants of other parts of the Empire.
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
The autonomy of the Sheikh is exercised by him in the territories bounded
by a semi-circle of which Koweit, is the centre. The Khor Zubair at the
northern end ar.d Krain at the southern end. This line is indicated in red on
the attached map. The islands of Warba, Bubian are included in this zone.
Article 6
Article 7
The limits of the territory rererred to in the above paragraph are fixed as
follows:—
The line of demarkation leaves the coast at the mouth of the Khor Zubair
towards the north-west and passes immediately south of IJmm Qasar of Safwan
and Jebel Sanam so as to leave these places and their wells to the Basrah
Wilayat. On arrival at the Batin it follows towards the south-west as far as
Hafar Bak Batin which it leaves on the Koweit side
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox to Government oe India, Bushire,
August 4th, 1912.
Sir,
I have
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9. The position of the northern boundary alone has been subjected in the
past to close examination. Captain Shakespear makes the well marked Ar
Katq Ridge, the north-western corner of the principality : the point seems a
suitable one for the purpose and will, I trust, be adopted. Thence it has been
field to run through Jebel Sanam, another prominent point, to the sea imme
diately south of Umm Kasr.
10. The Sheikh’s claims to Safwan are, I think, a good deal stronger than
has generally been thought, and might Have been supported with good reason,
but it seems probable that as regards this point we are committed vis-d-vis the
Ports to recognise it as beyond the limits of Koweit; the Sheikh s influence,