ملف ١٨٥٥\١٩٠٤ الجزء ٧ "علم الكويت." [و‎‎٢‎٢‎١] (١٥٤/١٠٥)

No. 230 of 1904.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
The Right Hon’ble St. JOHN BRODRICK,
Mis Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Fort William, the 8th December 1904.
Sib,
We have the honour to address you regarding our relations with Koweit
with special reference to the question of the U
Government are prepared to grant to subjects of the Sheikh in Persian
temtoiy. which has been brought into prominence by the
Gulf ^ The details of these occurrences are narrated m te enc osu
desoatch and their principal features may he briefly stated •-
P In Anril 1904 Mons. Hambrain, then Director-General of Customs
(a) In Aj) . ’ . ,, “Mnyaffari” overhauled a Koweit dhow which
at Bushire, while cruisin 0 m t vessel which was stopped out
he apparently suspected °f carryn g arms '^ ^ssel wOic ^ amin .
of sigt of land, was taken to holvW Kme days, and was not
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alleged technical breach of Customs regulations. . ,.i f or
D (6) In June one Sgah on sus^cton of In alleged
f urtheif delay ^abandoned ^this portion of 3 his freight, and left with
his vessel for Koweit. MnLarak’s the “ Mussallim
(c) In the same m . onth ^^ SP l° h ^ of w00 d and dates, was fired on
^WfnTr^rThtyBelgkn Customs officials in the Shat-el-Arab.
and held up tor searc y^ o {{ Tev^er ” bound for Basrah, was
(d) In September a Koweit T® 88 !’ tomg T s ^ ip .< Muzaffari ”, and was only
seized in the Shat-el-Arab y ^ Talue each of twelve rifles which
^er^declarwl by 1 the master to be carried for purposes of defence against pirates,
I statement which was not improbably true. ^ British India steam
(e) In June a ^ owe ‘ tJ f( )r ’ thffirViail steamers, was accused of ha.ving
committed an assault on a N V * ® h ‘accused, but the Turkish Consular
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