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ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [August 19.]
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 5.
[38417] No. 1.
India Office to Foreign Office.—[Beceived August 10.)
Sir, India Office, August 18, 1913.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India to forward, for the information
of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of the correspondence regarding the
attitude of the Sheikhs of Koweit and Mohammerah towards the stipulations of the
Anglo-Turkish Agreement that affect them.
The Marquess of Crewe concurs in the views of the Government of India, and
proposes, if Sir E. Grey approves, to instruct them accordingly.
The Government of India have been asked if they recommend that the honorary
rank of G.C.I.E. should be conferred upon the two Sheikhs, and, if they do, his Lordship
would propose to make the announcement simultaneously with the publication of the
Anglo-Turkish Agreements, the date of which I am to request may be communicated to
this Office in good time.
Sir E, Grey has already expressed to Sir P. Cox his appreciation of his successful
negotiations with the Sheikhs. Lord Crewe notes with satisfaction the services rendered
by the political officers at Koweit and Mohammerah.
I am, &c.
T. W. HOLDERNESS.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
LieutenantrColonx^l Sir P. Cox to hidia Office.
Sir, Bushire, July 13, 1913.
IN amplification of my telegram dated the 9th July, 1913, I have the honour to
forward, for the information of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, a copy of the
communication which I have addressed to the Government of India reporting my
proceedings at Mohammerah in seeking compliance on the part of the Sheikhs of
Koweit and Mohammerah with our recommendations for their acceptance of the terms
and results of the Anglo-Turkish Convention, now on the point of completion.
I have, &c.
P. Z, COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British Resident in
the Persian Gulf, and His Majesty's Consul
General for Fars, &c.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox to Government of India.
(Confidential.)
Sir, Bushire, July 10, 1913.
IN continuation of my telegram of the 9th instant, I have the honour to report
in fuller detail what passed at my interviews with the Sheikhs of Koweit and Moham
merah in connection with the Anglo-Turkish Convention.
2. I arrived at Mohammerah in H.M.S. " Sphinx " on the evening of the 4th instant,
and was fortunate in finding Sheikh Mubarak still staying with the Sheikh of Moham
merah. Captain Shakespear, Political Agent at Koweit, had also arranged to rendezvous
with me there.
3. On the morning of the 5th Major Haworth and I had a long interview with the
Sheikh of Mohammerah alone. We read him a translation of the agreement regarding
the frontier, as initialled, but described the course of it from its point of contact with
the Khaiyin to the sea, as indicated by the line shown in the map, in emendation of the
description given in the convention. Having to some extent forgotten the details of
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