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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [130r] (279/474)
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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British Embassy,
Bagdad,
30th Deceniber, 1935.
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The
¥ith reference to my despatch No, 377/13/35 of the 19th
December, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a
summary of an article which appeared in "Al Karkh" on the 21st
December last under the heading "Development of Smuggling
Activities in Kuwait."
2. As this article contained a suggestion that it was the
intention of the Iraqi Government to annex Kuwait to Iraq., I
took the opportunity of an interview with the Minister for
Foreign Affairs on December 83rd to draw His Excellency's
attention to the article. Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
denied that the Iraqi
Government had any idea of annexing Kuwait and promised to
arrange for a dementi to he issued "by the Press Bureau.
Statements to the effect that there was no truth in the
suggestion made "by "Al Karkh" duly appeared on December 27th
in most of the Bagdad newspapers, and one of them added that
they had received this information from the Department of
Propaganda and Publicity.
3. Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
also promised me that he would give His
Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait personal assurances regarding
the intentions of the Iraqi Government during his coming
visit to Kuwait.
4. ,T Al Karkh" is, of course, a Bagdad newspaper, and
I regret that ray despatch under reference was so worded as to
give the impression that, like "An Nas", it was published in
Basra.
5.
Honourable
Lieutenant-Colonel T.G.W. Powle, G.B.E.,
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.
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BUSHIRE.
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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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