"ملف II. العراق (٣) المجلد ١ بساتين التمر العائدة لشيخ الكويت في شط العرب. (علاقات الكويت مع الحكومة التركية والمطالبة التركية بضرورة استخراج الكويتيين شهادات الجنسية التركية)" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٤] (٦٣٦/٥٢٥)

ia tile moat southerly point which His Hajasty's
ifOvernment hive ever recognised as being under Vur/vish in
fluence on the coast of the i ersian oulf.
in these circumstances lour excellency vas instructed to
request the Ottoman uovernment to withdraw the garrison from
Za*hnuniyeh on the ground of terminating a disturbance of the
status quo; and your representations were to be based not only
on the title of the iihaiith of Bahrein to the island, but also
on the fact tnat it is situated some distance to the south-east
of Ujair, the furthest limit of Ottoman jurisdiction#
Although the ottoman minister for /orei^n Affairs informed
xour excellency that the garrison had been aithdrawn in June
1909, it has since been reinstated in the island, and, according
to the latest reports, has quite recently been reinforced; and
the Ottoman authorities in regard to this question seem sot upon
disregarding your ^xceHoney 1 s repeared representations on the
subject.
1 have accordingly to instruct ¥our excellency to request
that orders may be issued for the immediate and permanent with
drawal of the garrison#
The next point upon which 1 desire to address Your .^xcell-
encly is the treatment to which t^o Shaikh of ivoweit has been
subjected by buleiinan Hazif Bey, the late wall of uus^orah,
with regard to the property which he purchased in the course of
last year, from Ahmed Pasha-el-Zoheir at a price of *:T48,000
which was duly paid down# When however bhaiidi ..ubarak took
steps to register the transfer at the Turkish Land Office he
was informed that he must register himself as a Turkish subject:
ouch a demand in reference to a transfer of land had never before
been made.
iour excellency should inform the liinistsr for Foreign
Affairs that his Majesty's uovernment regard the conduct of the
late Wall in this matter as an attempt to modify the status quo
with regard to ^oweit, which is the basis of the understanding
between