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'File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education' [41r] (94/470)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1936-13 Nov 1940. 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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india oppigs,
otitehall, s.w.i.
2.2112/39- 1Uth April, 1935.
My dear Baggallay^
\ I enclose a copy of interesting correspondence received
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from Powle on the subject of education in Koweit.
I 21st March,] De Gaury has submitted a very useful report on
ih enclosure.)
— this subject, and he and Powle seem to us to
I have made out a strong case for some positive action on our
part to supplement the deficiencies of local education and
to counteract the subversive influences to which young
Koweitis may be exposed when following the natural and
almost inevitable tendency to complete their education in
Iraq.
You will see that Powle is anxious that enquiries
should be made as to whether the British Council could see
their way to give financial assistance to enable a number
of boys to be educated at an institution such as the
Victoria College, Alexandria,. He further supports the
proposal, as to which also de G-aury suggests the advice,
and/ #
3aggallay, Esq.. , •
Foreign Office.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait.
The file contains correspondence from officials of the British Council regarding the council's activities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as well as visits to the region made by its officials C.A.F. Dundas and Cecil Roy Leon Adrian-Vallance (who was appointed Director of Education in Bahrain in 1939). Copies of reports written by Dundas (ff 130-134) and Adrian-Vallance (ff 67-76 + 183-199) are also contained in the file.
The file contains an original letter in Arabic from Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ to Trenchard Craven William Fowle, 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. (f 52) and translations of Iraqi newspaper articles that critcised Shaikh Aḥmad (ff 164 + 166-169).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (233 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 219. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 62 is followed by f 62A; f 101 is followed by ff 101A-B; f 163 is followed by f 163A; f 186 is followed by f 186A; f 188 is followed by f 188A.
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- Title
- 'File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:52r, 53r:58v, 61r:62v, 62ar:62av, 63r:101v, 101ar:101bv, 102r:186v, 186ar:186av, 187r:188v, 188ar:188av, 189r:219v, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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