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'File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous' [142r] (288/486)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 121-2.
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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
ist August 1922,
To
The Hon'ble the
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.
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B U S H I R E.
Trial of ' Abdul V/ahhab bin 'Abdullai:! al-Yusuf al-'Abdur
miQRANDUi.i .
Reference my niemorandum No,&4i/9/i.l of to-day's date,
I was very much surprised at the Shaikh's action in merely
sentencing 'Abdul Wahhab to five years imprisonment, as he had
all along appeared most anxious that he should be condemned to
death if found guilty as a warning to others, and I had told him
that that was the sentence always given for murder under British
law. After the hearing of the case too, 'Abdul Wahhab 1 s father
wrote me. a petition, and told me verbally that he had heard that
the Shaikh was sentencing his son to death on his own authority
and claimed that he should be tried by the shar' . I told him that
he was a British subject, and that His Llajes-ty's Government had
deputed the Shaikh to try the case, and that I was satisfied that
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the trial had been a fair one, I said that in any case the Shaikh ~
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had not yet passed judgement, but that when he did, he could if
he wished submit a petition of appeal^ which I would forward with
the proceedings to you, although I did not think it would do any
good.
"Abdul Wahhab has powerful friends in Kuwait, a sister of his
for example, being married to Shaikh Jabir as-Subah, and it is
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probable that the Shaikh has been talked round and that his action
is due to his usual weakness of character. In the course of
conversation last night he rather hinted that he did not like to
sentence him to death for fear liiiat we would nou confiim it, and
thtt woulQ lofec prestige by having, his aiudusut aeatence
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:12v, 13v:15v, 16v:19r, 20r:21v, 23r:47r, 48r:189v, 189ar:189av, 190r:214v, 214ar:214av, 215r:220v, 222r:237v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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