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IOR/R/15/5/92 f.80v Bandar Shuwaikh Lease, 1907 (ink on paper)

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IOR/R/15/5/92 f.80v Bandar Shuwaikh Lease, 1907 (ink on paper)
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British Library, London, UK
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ink on paper
Date
1907 AD (C20th AD)
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in 1907 Shaikh Mubarak and the Government of India concluded a secret agreement, the 'Bandar Shuwaikh lease', which ensured that the British would have the right to control the most suitable outlet for the projected railway connecting Baghdad with the Persian Gulf.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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Great Britain / Europe / agency / record / arabic / agreement / text / records / contract / lease / Kuwait / bandar / shuwaikh / British / Middle East / Drawing / Mzdrawing
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