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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [114r] (246/474)
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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No.0-334•
From
Lt.-Colonel . .(.i-.iJickson, C.I,.C. ,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Kuwait;
To
The Hon*ble 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.
iii the Persian ^ulf, Boshire,
irac newspaper Gaiapai.-.n ariainst ^u;/ait
Sir,
In continuation of my confidential letter io.C-3Sl,
dated 20th November 1935, anc referring in particular to
enclosure (iii) and ioarginal note on first p ^e also last
paragraph on last page.
I "beg to enclose translation from an article which
appeared in the Basra p^per ".U. xjas' 1 under date 17th
November 19 35.
2, The article speaxs for itself, and is published in
the form of a reply to a letter which I unaerstand the
bhailch recently caused to be sent to the "*1 Las", under
signature of Abdulla al I-ulla 3aleh of Kuwait, denying the
statement made in a previous issue of the said paper, that
as Bin Saud claimed oubaihiyeh wells in the Southern part
of Kuwait, the Kuwait Oil Company could not possibly bore
for oil there.
The article as you will see is written in sarcastic
vein, nd is a scurrilous, and hardly veiled attacn on
Kuwait and her ohalkh.
4 # i cannot believe that the present article or even
the two previous ones, have in any way been inspired oy
a person or persons connected with the Saudi x^rabian G-ovem-
ment prefer to suppose that the editor is endeavouring
to "blackmail" the ohaiich, into payiog him a lump sum down
to cease from writing against Kuwai t» ^,.ir is ano. I le^rot
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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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