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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [88r] (186/474)
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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undertook to preserve the security of the Shaikhs
territory and to repel from it any incursions, and in return
the Shaikh promised to abandon the equipment of ships and
troops. Another treaty was concluded in 1880 between
Shaikh 'Isa bin Khalifa (father of the present Shaikh) and
the British G-overnment, in which the Shaikh of Bahrain under
took not to conclude a treaty with, or grant a concession to
any other Government, without first obtaining the approval
of His Majesty r s G-overnment.
Nevertheless, in 19 23 the
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.
, Bushire, deposed the shaikh of Bahrain,
the same Shaikh who ratified the Treaty of Protection, and
instituted his son (the present Shaikh) in his place. In this
t 0
way, the Resident manage^ seize the r^irgns of real authority /
which is exercised by him upto this day.
Kuwait came under British protection in 1913, when
consequent to a family trouble its l^mir Shaikh Liubarak-as-
Sabah (grandfather of the present _i^air) resorted to asking
assistance of the British Government. I'he Turks were then
threatening. A British warsliip was at once sent to the
waters of Kuwait. After the Great ./ar a British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was
also located at Kuwait. But the British Government do not
interfere directly in the internal affairs of this Emirate,
as they do in Bahrain.
As regards Luscat whose rulers bear the title of
Sultans: This State was the greatest and most important
power in the Gulf. But since 1864 the British started
interfering with its affairs, until in 1913 they succeeded
in concluding a treaty with her, under which she came under
their protection. This event led to a series of internal
disturbances, which divided the country into two sections:
(a) the coasts, with ikascat as Capital, which submitted to
the A1 Sa^d, a British protected dynasty; and (b) the
interior which preserved its independence, and established an
Imamate at "Nazwa". The British representative at l.Iuscat
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
- 86r:89r
- Author
- Al-Bilad
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