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i t ■, r Qin q ivii Mnharak of Kuwait in 1908 from the lady’s
(5ate ^Pasha MnQassim al Zuhair.
ancesio , ^ ^ the main 4< Faddaghiyeh ” estate purchased
The Bashivah gai( ..J Mnlnrak from Aisha, wife of Ahmed Pasha al
separately in 1908 by 0 f t } ie vear that the descendants
Zuhair, and to fit suits on similar grounds for recovery
Of Ihe S fn>m the Shaikh of Kuwait. The matter is engaging the attention
of His Majesty’s Government. . , T .
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SSl-S-Ch S should to,.out ut th. Iraq Customs post U Fh. j|
] 0ive 011 Kr a fter receipt of permission to depart On repiesen ation uf the delay
mid Inconvenience resulting from this regulation the Iraq Government offered
?o waive it provided the Shaikh of Kuwait would personally guarantee that the
water boats did not engage in smuggling.
(t>) The Shaikh of Kuwait visited Baghdad on 21st August on a private
visit to His Majesty King Feisal. The Political Agent accompamed him a S
far as Basrah The Shaikh was well received by His Majesty and by all officials
with whom he came in contact and the visit may be said to have been success nl
as far as it went. On his departure the Shaikh was invested with the Order
T?nfiHnin 1 st Class.
IX.— Relations with Peesia.
These have not changed in any way from previous years.
The Persian Central Government continues to refuse to recognize Kuwait
and Kuwait reciprocates by having as little to do with her awkward neighbour
as possible.
Unfortunately the passport question continues to provide the irritant from
which “ an incident ” is always possible. Any Kuwaiti going direct to
Mohammerah or other Persian port has his Kuwait certificate of Identity torn
up by the local Persian authorities and is fined, on the excuse that the Persian
Government does not recognize Kuwait. Similarly any Persian visiting Kuwait
from a Persian port brings along the “ Ilm-o-Khabar ” or yellow piece of paper,
permitting the traveller to proceed from the Persian Port of so and so to the
Persian Port of Kuwait. On bis arrival this paper is confiscated and he is given
a Kuwait Certificate of Identity on which the traveller is shown as a Persian
subject on a visit to Kuwait.
(a) During the year the Persian Government has made two efforts to get
its court ‘ summons ’ served on persons in Kuwait. These, under orders from
the Political Resident, have been refused.
(b) The advent of Persian men-of-war in the Persian Gulf has caused some
hard thinking to be done by the people of Kuwait. The Persians, they say,
are quite capable of committing a folisli act of aggression against any Aral)
State without thought of the consequences. They are, on the other hand, not
over-confident that His Majesty’s Government will ‘ see them through ’ if sucli
incident happened.
X. —Oil interests.
The year 1932 opened with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, enter
ing the field in opposition to the Eastern and General Syndicate, Limited, as re
presented by Major Frank Holmes.
Lariy in February the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, got permission
from the Shaikh to send down two geologists, a Mr. Cox and Air. Tate, to make
a superficial surface survey of Kuwait territory".
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They weTe followed at the end of February bv Mr. Shaw, Head Geologist
1 ields ’ who made an aerial survey of the Principality.
of m/ 1 p T 0t U .aikh. Air. Shaw also started a shallow surface
1101 1 Qo le n f the ha A and followed it up with a
shallow bore at Burgan, 32 miles south of Kuwait, Mr. Cox was in
of these operations which continued well into April