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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [71r] (152/474)
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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"A"
Translation of an article from the n iil-Bilad Tt newspaper
of Baghdad, No*618, dated the 7th august 1955.
SHOULD KIT /AIT EE W.lTSi) ,/ITH
A
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
frcm Basra says:-
"I have learnt from a reliable source that the
Shaikh of Kuwait's visit to London is connected with the
politics of his country, and especially with a new plan
which the British Government desire to introduce into
Kuwait, where their policy has hitherto been based upon
the principle of non-interference with internal affairs.
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.
,
it seems, visited Kuwait and told Shaikh iihmad al Jabir,
shortly before the latter left for London, that the
S
British Government were no longer in a position to resist
the protests that came to them without number from
Governments which were adjacent to or near to Kuwait,
dealing with the many either claims preferred by their
subjects, or with the smuggling movement which has reached
an alarming state, as the British Resident's repeated
warnings to the Shaikh of Kuwait, which all urged the
necessity of reforming and reorganizing the administration
in Kuwait, have been of no avail, the British Government
considers that it would be in the interest of Kuwait that
the latter should accept the form of administration which
was sometime ago introduced in Bahrain, and which resulted
in a settled state of affairs there, i.e. that Kuwait
should accept British advisers to supervise its
administration, especially finance and justice.
The Resident also told the Shaikh that he had
received several applications fran the enlightened young-
men of Kuwait, all of which stated that they (the applicants)
were tired of the prevalent conditions in Kuwait, and
About this item
- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 71r:72r
- Author
- Al-Bilad
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