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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [188r] (382/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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FOR THE YEAR 1919.
67
CHAPTER XI.
ADMINISTRATION RBPOET OF THE KUWAIT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Folitical and Tribal. —The name Kuwait is the diminutive of Kut and
means a small fort:—it sufficiently indi-
ntro action. cates the insignificant origin of the thriving
town Kuwait, the capital of the principality which now shares its name. In old
English records and books, Kuwait is generally called " Giaine " or 44 Grane
doubtless from the island of Qurain, a short distance to the west of it.
The boundaries of Kuwait are as follows :—
The line of demarcation starts from the side of the mouths of the Khor
ly to the South of Umm Qasr, Safwan and Jebal Sanam in such a
manner as to leave the wells of these places in the Vilayet of
Basrah ; arrived at the Batin it follows it towards the South-
West to Hafar al batin which it leaves on the side of Kuwait;
from this point the said line goes to the South East leaving to
Kuwait the wells of Es Safa, ElQarah, El Haba, Wabrah, and
Anta, and joins the sea near Jebal Manifah.
The islands of W T arbah, Bubyan, Mashjnn, EailaTsah, Auhah, Kubbar,
Qaru Maqta and Umm al Maradim with their islands and adjacent waters
are comprised in Kuwait territory.
A letter was received on 7th February from Shaikh Sir Abdul as Aziz as
Sa'ud, objecting to the building of a Qasr at Balbul (near Jebal Manita ) 7
Shaikh Salim on the grounds that the proposed site was m his territory. The
matter was referred to the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad who has intimated
that the question awaits a general settlement with bin fca ud.
As more than a petty town shaikhdom, the Sultanate of Kuwait is quite
_ mi. y-%-4- <-> I -wk-i-i I "I •v* fr 1 a
Boundaries.
Zubair towards the North-
West an J passes immediate-
modern. The actual ruler, indeed, is
only the third either to be gererally styled
eldest son, Jabir, who died m *e
brother Salim, the present ruler.
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
- Arrangement
The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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