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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [106r] (222/474)
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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Translation of an article which appeared in the
"A1 Karkh Tt weekly newspaper of Baghdad, No.319, dated the
19th August 1925 •
RESPONSE SHOULD HBi AG0OHD31) TO THE
KUWAITI YOUTH'S AFFKaL.
ihenever I have been to kuwait for a short s^y
I have been visited from time to time by the Kuwait youth
who have entreated me to communicate to the authorities in
Iraq their assured aspirations on the pages of the n ^l Karkh n
newspaper, which Kuwaitis regard as the best interpreter for
what they feel in the bottom of their hearts of the pro
pensities and aspirations. Many of them have given me
articles for publication in my p^per. Therefore, transmit
ting the nessage entmsted to me by that great party of youth
with whom we are united by bonds of blood, religion,
language and tradition, I say.
Young Kuwaitis like their colleagues throughout
the world very eagerly feel that they must move with the
times in the matter of science aiid literature; they are
well aware that where main is, there must be instituted
a system of education and general culture. Further, they
recognize perfectly well that ruin will be the fate of a
nation which has not achieved much of progress and civiliz
ation, and which has not attained its position the
civilization of this modern world.
The youth of Kuwait are aware of the early stages
of decay and deterioration that have appeared over their
imiirate, for it is void of any educational system, school
or institution to provide the necessary tuition for those
young people who are thirsty for learning; and of anything
that can be called a '♦State Organization' 1 or a ''Municipal
Organization* 1 to take interest in the people's aftairs and
put them on the right way - Therefore, for this and other
good reasons the young Kuwaitis insist upon the realization
of their desire in being united with the rising nation of
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 106r:108r
- Author
- al-Karkh
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- Public Domain