'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council' [153r] (305/400)
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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Translation of the letter froiu J^r. fusif el-^arsook
to Major T. Hickinhotham, O.B.E. political 4^ent,Kuwait
^fter Compliments
My mother had the honour of visiting your Excellency
in vour nlace,where she legged and requested your help,
trusting" your high position and honour,to try to set me
fr* 5 o from my prison where I,for nearly three years, am
suffering and leading a miserable life. , Vhen mother came
back to my prison,she was smiling and very happy.She
oraised your kindness and noble characters, fche informed
me that I was to be sfct free since you came to thi^country
which is very lucky to have your.Excellency here.and she
told me of your promise to her that I was to be set free
through your kindness. That is not a very strange thing
as you are well known for your kindness. This was a good
reason for her happiness. Your Excellency may well be
aware that during these long years that I am kept here,
my business was entirely stopped and I lost most of my
property etc. I therefore beg your Excellency and ask
f*or" the sake of humanity and by the name of my poor family,
who have nobody else beside me,to support them, to be my
saviour,whom Tod had sent to grant me my freedom .1
shall be enslaved by your kindness for ever.
Usual Ending.
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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:
- a copy of the Organic Law of Trans-Jordan (folios 31-49).
- a draft constitution of Kuwait (folios 52-59).
- an article regarding the constitution of Kuwait published in al-Alam al-Arabi in 1939 (folio 61).
- a list of Kuwaiti youths that were alleged by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to be 'anti-Shaikh and anti-British' (folios 122-123).
- a petition (in Arabic original and translated into English) that was sent to 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. from the wives of a number of political prisoners in Kuwait (folios 147-148).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (198 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/206
- Title
- 'File 4/20 II Kuwait Situation: Constitution and Council'
- Pages
- 153r:153v
- Author
- Al Marzooq, Yousuf
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