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'File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous' [135r] (274/486)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928. It was written in English. 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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The day before they sailed, the party were Bhown soJie of
the Qlasgow shipbuilding yards and also visited the aerodrojie at
Renfrew, where they saw aeroplanes by the score. All of the
party except the Sheiich himself, made a flight, but for some
reason or other, Ahmed got H cold feet * am contented himself
with merely putting on flying iCit, entering one of the planes,
and being photographed in situ.
On November 8th the party sailed from GHasgow for home. The
weather was rough and as Ahmed is a poor sailor, he got little
fun oat of this part of the show, in fact chere wa-3 hardly a
calm day between Olasgow and Kuweit. On Nove-aber 21st
Alexandria was reacaed and tne mission was duly met by represen
tatives of the Government who showed the visitors what there is
to see in that city. ^ Cairo was next visited and there they were
received by Lord Allenby, who, liice the King,presented SheiiCh
Ahmed with a signed photograph. The party lodged at the famous
Shepheard's Hotel. Excursions in Cairo included the pyramids
and the Sphinx, which curiously enough,did not impress the visi
tors, but the museum with its collection of mummies of age-long
departed Egyptians could not but make the Arab stop and think,
for an Arab grave is one of the least permanent things of its
Kind in the world. The mosque of Mohammed Ali and tfie Cit wael
were visited and of course Bl Aznar University. There was a
special audience with the Sultan of Egypt besides a reception
given in Ahmed 1 s honour by the Arab Bureau.
On November 27th everyone le-t for Suea yrhere the mission
was to rejoin its snip. But tne s^iip was la^e and our Arab
friends had one more night in an hotel. it w .s not until
December 15th when the little launch,which had met Sheikh
Ahmed at the Basra bar, entered Kuweit harbour, to the salute
of five gans from Shtikh Salim's battery. The town was
decorated as was also the launch, and the beach was crowded.
There is no doubt of Ahmed•s popul -rity, his welcome after
an absence of some months was a sure test. Without (iuestion
his tr vels have taught him much, and it is to be hoped that
what he had leaned may make him one more influence for
good in this part of the world. He now knows a little English
and
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This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following:
- Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, the British 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. and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission, November 1912 (ff. 16-17).
- A sketch map of the area south west of Riadh [Riyadh], October 1913 (f. 22).
- Correspondence regarding William Henry Shakespear's desire to travel in Arabia and details of his subsequent trip, November 1913-March 1914 (ff. 23-26, f. 30, ff. 43-46).
- Discussions between British officials regarding whether or not the ruler of Kuwait should be addressed as 'His Excellency', May-August 1914 (f. 50 and ff. 54-70).
- A letter from William George Grey, British 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. in Kuwait that discusses reasons for remaining Arab support for the Ottoman Empire in the war, June 1915 (ff. 86-90).
- Information concerning Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ's visit to London, December 1919 (ff. 125-136).
- A report concerning an attack on two Kuwaiti subjects and four Najdis in which three of the party were killed by two assailants, March 1925 (f. 169). A list of items stolen from the party is also included (f. 170).
- A detailed briefing note compiled by James Carmichael Moore, the British 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. in Kuwait, December 1927. The note contains profiles of several prominent figures in Kuwait (and the surrounding region) and information on the state's schools, economy and trade (ff. 217-226). The note also contains a map of Kuwait and its neighbouring areas (f. 221) and details of the different types of shipping vessels used in the country with hand-drawn sketches of the different vessels (ff. 223-226).
- A letter from Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, the British 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. discussing Britain’s desire to keep Kuwait separate from Iraq and outlining the rationale behind such a policy, April 1928 (ff. 231-232).
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- 1 volume (240 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folios 4-6.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 237.
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