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'File 53/32 IV (D 100) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [49r] (106/496)
The record is made up of 1 volume (246 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1929-3 May 1934. 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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tax was in no case to be levied from British subjects.
He had done this the day the new tax was inaugurated,
though he had not thought it worth moitioning to me.
quite clear that the levying, ot the new tax ot originated
from the Kuwait merchants themselves, and was a sort of
subscription to be taken from the rich of the town, to
ease the lot of the many poor who today were finding it
very hard to keep themselves alive, much less pay house
tax. In other Y/ords the "well to do w had come forward and
offered to bear the burden of the city House Tax, provided
such house tax was abolished, and they considered that the
easiest way of bringing this about was to ask the Shaikh
to impose on themselves the merchantile community the small
additional burden of over and above the reasonable
import duty they already paid.
raised in your last paragraph. The Shaikh said that ever
since he came to the throne the import duty levied on his
subjects, and everyone else has been 4$.
It used to be 10% in Mubarak's and Jabir's time,(except on
B-titish subjects) , but that Salim hoping to win the Kuwait
"ulema" favour (who all along had said that the ruler had
no right to take more than by Sheria Law) reduced the
import tax to 4%. This figure was agreed to by the Tt Ulema"
because the leading merchants gave out that they would not
accept in the interests of their State a lesser reduction.
the Ulema up all along to work a reduction from the hated
10%.
8# 1 hope what I have said above will show
that no infringment of the 1907 Treaty has taken place,
nor was in any way intended.
5.
Thirdly the Shaikh wished to make it
7.
Fourthly , and this replies to the question
All politics of course, they having as the Shaikh said, put
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- Content
This file contains correspondence concerning a number of different topics, all of which are related to Kuwait.
The ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ is mentioned throughout the volume and much of the file's content relates to his character and his travels within the region including visits to Bahrain (f 51), Riath [Riyadh] (ff 62-64) and Baghdad (ff 82-85). More broadly, Shaikh Aḥmad's relations with Iraq and Britain are frequently discussed.
The file contains translations of - and discussion concerning - several articles published in the Iraqi press regarding the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait, several of which call for Kuwait to be annexed by Iraq (ff 112-120, ff 141-148, and ff 174-178).
Other topics of particular interest include:
- A letter from students from the United States of America requesting information about, and pictures of, Kuwait, December 1931 (ff 37-39).
- A letter from the American Medical Association requesting a copy of laws regulating medical practice in Kuwait, April 1932 (f 66).
- Correspondence regarding a visit to Kuwait made by a troop of Boy Scouts from Basra and a group of school masters from Baghdad, March 1933 (ff 110-111).
- Correspondence concerning an enquiry made by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding when Kuwaiti and Bahraini nationalities were formed (as distinct from Ottoman nationality), December 1933, (ff 162-164).
- Correspondence regarding attempts by a US firm named Otto Kafka to induce Shaikh Ahmad to order armoured cars/tanks from them, January 1934. This includes a copy of an Otto Kafka promotional pamphlet (ff 174-178).
- A visit made to Kuwait by French and German officials, April 1934 (ff 206-216).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (246 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 folio 2.
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 main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A second incomplete foliation sequence is present between ff. 1-227; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 'File 53/32 IV (D 100) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
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