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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [116r] (250/474)
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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Translation of an article which appeared in the Basra i
newspaper "Al Nas" under date 17th lioveciber 1955.
CONC^ING- 'ilij] iOJv^IT OIL uOLiPivNY.
bOivia D^TaIIO ./HIGH -.O .asd TO
In a previous issue of our newspaper we published
seme important news in connection with the difference
arising between His Majesty ^Cing Ibn oaud and the Company
which has obtained the concession for oil in Kuwait, Yester
day v/e received a statement signed by one Abdull al Mulla
Saleh of Kuwait, which does not vary in styt from the
notifications usually issued in civilized countries. It is
nearest in semblance to a communique, ana assuming that it
emanates from the State of Kuwait is to the best of our
knowledge, the first communique that that btate has yet
sent to a newspaper.
We are glad, that it was sent to the Tt ^l Nas n
newspaper, whose name will be associated with this historical
communique, ^n the other hana we cannot conceal our regret
for the mistakes it contains, which has indeed caused us
to forbear from publishing same. Communiques are usually
issued only by authorized Government officials, while in
the present case all that v/e know about the v/riter of the
statement is that he is the son of Mulla Saleh, a Clerk
in the Shaikh's employ, and merely to be thus related does
not of course entitle him to issue co.-imuniques in the
name of tha State of Kuwait.
^e are quite prepared to publish any denial to
the news mentioned in our previous publication alchougn
it was derived from the most reliable sources, provided
that (a) if Abdulla al Mulla Saleh wants to follow the
example of the anuouncements which appear in the tress Oi.
civilized countries, he write under his official designation
if he holds an office at all; and provided that ib) we
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 116r:117r
- Author
- Al-Nas xx An Nas
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- Public Domain