"ملف X/١ ابن سعود وابن رشيد" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٦] (٣٨٦/٣١١)

Gonf iderrbial TTo: ZJ. 3 of 1907
l : rom Major S.G.KITOX , I.A.
Political Agent , Koweit.
To Major P.Z.COX ,
Resident & H.B.M.'s Consul-General in the
Persian Gulf , Eushire .
P/ Koweit 13/5/7.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform ^ ou that I visited
Sheikh Mobarak this morning and found him very
communi’cative & interesting on the subject of his
interviews with the Turkish authorities at his recent
visit to kao .
2. He said that he had had some trouble with them ab
out the assessment of his kao revenues & that he had
had to inform them the^ must reckon their revenues on
the datetrees bearing fruit 1- not on the area of the
gardens which had been ruined b^ the action of their
own Tali , wno interfered with the protecting embank
ment & let the sea in on to the date-gardens .
3. He said that the Commision went & inspected the
date-gardens but that he refused to go himself , as
he was afraid that evil-minded people would say that
he had bribed them .
4. The Sheikh then went on to say that , during his
visit , he had been approached by one Bartu pasha ,
Irkan Harab , who consulted with him as to the possi
bility of establishing friendly relations between the
Turkish Government % the Bedouin tribes , on a System
of payment of their Sheikhs . He said that they were-^
all in Sheikh Mobarak’ s hands k that he was sure that
the Sheikh could assist him in effecting his object.
5. The Sheikh say s that the Turkish officer had a took
w ifei him in which the names of all the tribes were %%
written down 8c he asked the Sheikh about each one 8c
the Sheikh replied putting objections in his way .
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