'File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education'

Content

This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait.

The file contains correspondence from officials of the British Council regarding the council's activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as well as visits to the region made by its officials C.A.F. Dundas and Cecil Roy Leon Adrian-Vallance (who was appointed Director of Education in Bahrain in 1939). Copies of reports written by Dundas (ff 130-134) and Adrian-Vallance (ff 67-76 + 183-199) are also contained in the file.

The file contains an original letter in Arabic from Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. (f 52) and translations of Iraqi newspaper articles that critcised Shaikh Aḥmad (ff 164 + 166-169).

Extent and format

1 volume (233 folios)

Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Condition: A bound correspondence volume.

Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 219. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 62 is followed by f 62A; f 101 is followed by ff 101A-B; f 163 is followed by f 163A; f 186 is followed by f 186A; f 188 is followed by f 188A.

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/15/1/545

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 53/89 I Confidential Series: D 154

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Apr 1936-13 Nov 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Education

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