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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [12r] (36/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-5 May 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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- 4 - IV
written in the classical language. On the other hand,
it appears that the assistant Librarian's om suggestion
that the error may he the employment of Mai'" for 11 ^11'"
is, for the reasons given hy Dickson, equally untenable.
3. Kj^The true explanation is prohahly that given
in paragraph 8 of Dickson's letter of 1st October, hut I
doubt whether we are likely profitably to be able to
pursue the matter much further at tnis sta^e. As the
error is in the text and not in the translation it could
not be modified without aiscussion with the 3auaiS; which
might be difficult; tnanks to the corresponaence we are
now on our guara as to the possibility of any .
encroachment on the Neutral Zone by Ion 3aud such as is
referrea to in paragraph 7^f"1Dickson , s letter of
1st October; and we shall know where we stand if formal
discussion of the amendment of the Arab Text proves
necessary at a later date. Would you let me know if you
agree?
4, I am sending copies of this letter and its
enclosures to Bushire, Koweit ana the Government of India.
Copies are also going to the Admiralty, D .Ivi .I, and Air
Ministry.
Yours ever,
GILBERT LAITHWAITE.
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- Content
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait).
The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file including some original cuttings (ff. 112a-112d).
The following topics of particular interest are also discussed in the file:
- The possibility of the Ottoman Bank or the Imperial Bank of Persia establishing a branch in Kuwait (f. 22, 26, 55, 60, 61, 97-99).
- The right of British subjects to trade in Kuwait (ff. 156-159, f. 164, f.168, f.171, f.181, f.187).
- A complaint made by the Government of Iraq concerning an incursion into Iraqi territory by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and an armed escort (ff. 201-206).
- The education of Kuwaiti students in Iraq (ff. 122-23, f. 127).
- A proposed hunting trip by Shaikh Aḥmad to Amara in Iraq (ff. 188-189, ff. 192-193, ff. 197-200).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is included on folio 1B.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 112, 112A, 112B, 112C and 112D; 121 and 121A and the following omissions: 65; 179-181
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:3v, 4v:44v, 45v, 48v:57v, 58v:64v, 66r:70v, 72v, 73v, 76v:81v, 85v, 89v:93v, 96v:104v, 105v, 108v, 111v:115v, 117v:119v, 122r:124v, 126v:131v, 132v:137v, 138v:147v, 151v:155v, 157v:158r, 158r:159r, 159r:160v, 163v:178v, 182r:194v, 195v:215r, 215r:228v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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