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'File 53/32 III (D 53) Kowait - Miscellaneous' [94r] (192/486)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 3 Sep 1912-4 Jun 1928. It was written in English. 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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Prom
No Cllof 1915.
Political Agenoy,
Kuwait.
Lt-Colonel W.G.Grey,I.A.
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To
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.
The Honourable 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.
in the
t
Persian Oulf, Bushire.
Dated Kuwait, the 6th July 1915
Sir,
I have the honour to make the following report in
connection with the arms trade in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and Shaikh
Sir Mubarak's attitude in regard thereto.
2. At the beginning of May I received information, the first of
its kind for many months, that a boom had left Kuwait for Qatar
with seventy cases of arms and ammunition on board destined for
a party of Afghans. A subsequent statement by the same person
mentioned two booms as having sailed with arms.
3. Enquiries elicited the fact that my informant was in serious
A'
trouble with the shaikh who some monts before had imprisoned him
A
for a fraudulent action in connection with the removal of goods
from the customs, and J suspected that he was trying to make
trouble between H.E. and myself to serve his own purposes, a
suspicion which subsequently proved to be well founded.
4. j asked the Shaikh about the arms, and wrote to Major Keyes
at Bahrain informing hin of what I had heard, sir Mubarak at
first told me that no arms had left in the booms mentioned, but
a day or two later, after further enquiry, said that some few of
the -a tured Turkish rifles of German manufacture whioh Arabs had
brought from ^ubair, had been conveyed to Qatar for sale there
unacoompanied, however, by ammunition. He added that he had con
fiscated all that remained in Kuwait of these weapons.
5. i am glad to see that the information supplied in Major Keyes'
memorandum,of which a copy has been sent to Bushire, largely
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This file contains correspondence related to a number of different matters all of which concern Kuwait. Of particular interest are the following:
- Correspondence between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. and Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission, November 1912 (ff. 16-17).
- A sketch map of the area south west of Riadh [Riyadh], October 1913 (f. 22).
- Correspondence regarding William Henry Shakespear's desire to travel in Arabia and details of his subsequent trip, November 1913-March 1914 (ff. 23-26, f. 30, ff. 43-46).
- Discussions between British officials regarding whether or not the ruler of Kuwait should be addressed as 'His Excellency', May-August 1914 (f. 50 and ff. 54-70).
- A letter from William George Grey, British 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. in Kuwait that discusses reasons for remaining Arab support for the Ottoman Empire in the war, June 1915 (ff. 86-90).
- Information concerning Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ's visit to London, December 1919 (ff. 125-136).
- A report concerning an attack on two Kuwaiti subjects and four Najdis in which three of the party were killed by two assailants, March 1925 (f. 169). A list of items stolen from the party is also included (f. 170).
- A detailed briefing note compiled by James Carmichael Moore, the British 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. in Kuwait, December 1927. The note contains profiles of several prominent figures in Kuwait (and the surrounding region) and information on the state's schools, economy and trade (ff. 217-226). The note also contains a map of Kuwait and its neighbouring areas (f. 221) and details of the different types of shipping vessels used in the country with hand-drawn sketches of the different vessels (ff. 223-226).
- A letter from Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth, 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. discussing Britain’s desire to keep Kuwait separate from Iraq and outlining the rationale behind such a policy, April 1928 (ff. 231-232).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (240 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folios 4-6.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence, which should be used for cataloguing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 237.
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