'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'

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

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/506

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 53/32 V Confidential Series: D 128

History of this record

Date(s)

29 May 1934-5 May 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

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