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'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council' [‎14r] (27/400)

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The record is made up of 1 file (198 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1938-18 Apr 1949. 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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The Keaidency,
oiuehire, the 29th Jecember 1938
IVChHo. 784-3.
3^
•dth reference to your letter x\o.^-3Q9 of the
13th Jeceruber, dir i'renchard desires me to say that he
^uite agrees that it is very satisfactory that the Council
have decided to employ a British Indian Engineer.
not cuite correct to say ^vide paragraph 3 of your letter)
that the engineer will have to obtain a !, i\'o objection
Jerti f icate *• to come to nuwait. As a British subject
^i-e not a foreigner he can be given a visa without refer
ence to you. This being so, dir Trenchard would like
you to remind the Shaikh, or the new Jouncil, that you
would be glad if he, or they, would let you know when
the engineer has been selected so that we can get him
vetted by the Karachi authorities, thus ensuring that
a properly man is sent. Sven if it is the
I Kuwait Trade Agent who selects an unsuitable man it is
our reputation that will suffer if the engineer turns out
i to be unfitted for his work.
3. In spite of the fact that the Kuwait Government
as above have shov/n a satisfactory tendency to turn to us
for their experts, oir I'renchard thinks that it v/ould be
| still advisable for you to issue the communication to the
2. dir Trenchard points out, hov/ever, that it is
dhaikh indicated in my letter To.729-3 of Jecember .16th
Japtain G.d. de Gaury, K
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. ,
Kuwait.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait. Specifically it relates to the suppression of an oppositionist reform movement (the majlis movement) that had successfully pressured the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to establish an elected administrative council in the country The correspondence in the file covers the period immediately after this council was dissolved onwards and discusses the various repressive measures subsequently taken, including the imprisonment and exile of several of its members.

The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with Shaikh Ahmad (in Arabic accompanied by English translations).

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

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1 file (198 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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