Publication Date
26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
277
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/92
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000027
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
26 Apr 1905-24 Aug 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file includes letters (drafts, originals, and copies), telegrams, and notes relating to secret negotiations over the lease of Bander Shweikh [Ash Shuwaykh] from the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(or his assistant) in Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, but also includes communications from the Ambassador in Constantinople, Admiralty,
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
, Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Marine Department of the Government of India, Foreign Office, Shaikh Mobarek of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. Following the First World War the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
communicated with the Civil (later High) Commissioner in Iraq rather than the Government of India.
The papers cover the following matters:
the secret negotiations over the terms of the lease agreement between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait and Shaikh Mobarek, such as customs rates and the inclusion of the island of Warba
concern about how the Turks might view the agreement
use of the site as the terminus of the Baghdad Railway
arrangements for the annual payments to the Shaikh
construction of buildings such as coal sheds and structures such as moorings
the precise delimitations of the plot to be leased
termination of the lease and the question of whether to replace it with a subsidy for the Shaikh
future use of the buildings
arrangements for a refund following an overpayment
The file includes the following documents:
Captain Heming's report on the position and requirements for the proposed plot (folios 3-6)
the final agreement, signed in October 1907, in English and Arabic (folios 118-36)
a sketch plan of the Bander Shweikh foreshore (folio 185)
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front of the file to the back.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 36/3
