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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [16r] (44/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-5 May 1937. 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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p. z, 6156/34.
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37, QUEEN'S GATE G^iDSNS,
7.
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D.O. OctolDer 1st 1934.
¥jy dear Laithwaite,
Will you kinaly refer to your note to me of
27th September 1934, re^araing the question oi the error
in the description in the Kuwait Neutral Zone Convention
of 1922, of the Western Boundary of the Kuwait Neutral
Zone»
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With all aue deference to the assistant
Lihrarian, I ao not tnink tnat tne Arabic word "aal' "
is a mistake for "til' " , which he describes as meaning
"a depressed piece of ground having in it a hill from
which it is possible to see all rouna". It is much more
likely, in my view, to be a mistake for the commonly
used Bedouin word "jal", which is used extensively in
Nejd, Hassa, and Kuwait for a long low ridge, (for
example, Jal al Liyah, Jal al Zor, which are to be found
north of the Bay of Kuwait ana on the road to Basra from
Jahara).
The word "til" or "tel" undoubtedly means a
small hill, usually of conical shape, in Arabic, but
although it is extensively used in Palestine, Syria and
Iraq is certainly not used in Kuwait or Nejd, as far as
1 know. There the commonly accepted word to denote such
a feature as a small hillock, cone shaped, is "thalaat"
or "thalaiyat" its diminutive, (examples Ihalaat al Dhaba,
Thalaiat as Sur, both well known hills S.W. of Kuwait
and west of the Neutral Zone respectively).
The Bedouin also use the term "'Idairat" for a small
pud-k rising out of a ridge (example 1 Idairat al Hussin,
I^cxiro.t al Hamdth), but I do not think we need bother our
heads about this latter.
4/
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- 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
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- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:3v, 4v:44v, 45v, 48v:57v, 58v:64v, 66r:70v, 72v, 73v, 76v:81v, 85v, 89v:93v, 96v:104v, 105v, 108v, 111v:115v, 117v:119v, 122r:124v, 126v:131v, 132v:137v, 138v:147v, 151v:155v, 157v:158r, 158r:159r, 159r:160v, 163v:178v, 182r:194v, 195v:215r, 215r:228v, back-i
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