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'File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education' [158r] (334/470)
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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Confidential.
D.O.ITo .C/345
Till you please refer to yo 1
No. 467-3 ? of the 2nd July, 1940?
2. His Highness has expressed his willingness to send
three or four "boys to the Technical School at Bahrain, and
he is going into the matter. I have not got any details
from him yet. Yallance's previous visit to Kuwait was at
the end of the term and thereby lost a good deal of its
value. The State want Vallance to visit Kuwait sometime
in October at the schools* opening, and I am in communica
tion with Teightman on "both these subjects.
3. 7ith regard to an Adviser I cannot say that His
Highness is keen. He has only mentioned the matter to me
that once, and I have not said anything.
4. I Relieve Hogg is a"bout 50, and that he was earlier
in the Egyptian Government service but I cannot "be at all
sure. I am in communication with the Embassy.
Dn'Me Lt-Col. G.G.Prior, CIE.,
blitical Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bushire.
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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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