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'File 53/32 IV (D 100) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [118r] (244/496)
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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the Wilayet of BagJidad, but timt irith the assistance of
British intrigues its Shaikh (at that time Mubarak as-Subah)
had Engineered himself into a position of semi-independence.
That Kuwait was a centre for arms smuggling to the Arab
tribes - within and without the Wilayet • hostile to the
Turkish Gorernment, and that it must be blockaded by sea
and land. That the Shaikh had "valuable property in the
shape of date gardens in the Basrah SAKJAK, which put a
weapon in the hands of the Baghdad authorities for bringing
pressure to bear on the Shaikh. That if methods of
pressure failed the ^seditious existence*' of Kuwait might
have to be put an end to by the coup de main of a military
occupation*
3. It will be observed that various of the Kuwaiti-
Iraqi problems of to-day are mentioned in Ismail Hakki's
articles, i.e. a claim that Kuwait should come under the
administration of Baghdad, which I imagine the Iraq tfoTern-
ment of to-day would not be loath to advance if they saw an
1^, opportunity; smuggling - but nowadays of goods not of
arms, (ride my letter ilo.569-S of 29th May 1933 to His
Majesty's Amb as sad or, Baghdad, copy forwarded to His Majesty'
Secretary of State for India and to the Government of India
under my Printed letter Ho.570-S of 29th May 1935); blockade
measures - which the Iraq Government wish now to impose
with the co-operation of the Shaikh; and the Shaikh 1 d date
gardens in the Basrah district.
4. Too great attention need not be paid to the
productions of the Iraqi Press. It is of some interest,
however, to ffellow the line pursued in the AL-AKHA-UL-
WATAKI article. Up to the Great War Kuwait was part of
the/
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:37v, 38v, 39v:65v, 66v:67v, 68v:97r, 98r:144v, 148v:154v, 155v:168v, 171v:174v, 175v, 176v, 179r:187v, 190v:191v, 192v:243v, back-i
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