another major provision, and one which the ottomans required, was that of the british declaration that no protectorate would be established over kuwait (article 4). yet, the ottoman government recognized the validity of the anglo-kuwaiti agreement of 1899, and the 1900 and 1904 agreements in which kuwait had undertaken not to engage in arms trade or allow another power to establish a post office, as well as land concessions made by the sheikh to the british government (article 3).