"ملف 53/32 V (D 128) مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالكويت" [و‎‎٨‎٨] (٤٧٤/١٨٦)

undertook to preserve the security of the Shaikhs
territory and to repel from it any incursions, and in return
the Shaikh promised to abandon the equipment of ships and
troops. Another treaty was concluded in 1880 between
Shaikh 'Isa bin Khalifa (father of the present Shaikh) and
the British G-overnment, in which the Shaikh of Bahrain under
took not to conclude a treaty with, or grant a concession to
any other Government, without first obtaining the approval
of His Majesty r s G-overnment.
Nevertheless, in 19 23 the Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf, Bushire, deposed the shaikh of Bahrain,
the same Shaikh who ratified the Treaty of Protection, and
instituted his son (the present Shaikh) in his place. In this
t 0
way, the Resident manage^ seize the r^irgns of real authority /
which is exercised by him upto this day.
Kuwait came under British protection in 1913, when
consequent to a family trouble its l^mir Shaikh Liubarak-as-
Sabah (grandfather of the present _i^air) resorted to asking
assistance of the British Government. I'he Turks were then
threatening. A British warsliip was at once sent to the
waters of Kuwait. After the Great ./ar a British Agency was
also located at Kuwait. But the British Government do not
interfere directly in the internal affairs of this Emirate,
as they do in Bahrain.
As regards Luscat whose rulers bear the title of
Sultans: This State was the greatest and most important
power in the Gulf. But since 1864 the British started
interfering with its affairs, until in 1913 they succeeded
in concluding a treaty with her, under which she came under
their protection. This event led to a series of internal
disturbances, which divided the country into two sections:
(a) the coasts, with ikascat as Capital, which submitted to
the A1 Sa^d, a British protected dynasty; and (b) the
interior which preserved its independence, and established an
Imamate at "Nazwa". The British representative at l.Iuscat