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'File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms' [197r] (404/444)
The record is made up of 1 volume (220 folios). It was created in 23 Feb 1939-13 Jul 1939. 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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Telegram ij*
Ftobj Political Heeident, Buahire#
To Secretary of State for India, London.
Repeated His Majesty*a ^mbaaaador, .Bagdad*
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.
Oopy "by post to GoverniDent of mdia, External Affairs
Department, Simla.
B6»345«
Dated the 22nd June, 1939•
Important .
f*
(«1
My immediately preceding teleferam in which I
'"jb- i
repeated Kuwait telegram ^o.Cy/259 June 2lat to ladia Office,
^ p * / Bq
and Bagdad telegram No»226 to foreign Office June 21at«
Since l^iaqib i whose letter waa fir at intimation to
Kuwait of propoaed viait) definitely atated that foreign
Miniater would diacuas Kuwait-Iraq affaira Shaikh had no
alternative but to reply aa he did# It ia of course the
declared policy of Hia Majeaty^ Government that Kuwait-
Iraqi affaira ahould be conducted through the proper channel
i # e. the Smbaaay (e.g. vide paragraph 4 of Foreign Office
telegram of 30 th March Ho.98 to -Bagdad).
3. Bven thou^i politics cannot be diaouased J. dareaay
that meeting between Shaikh and foreign Miniater will Unproye
atmoaphere.
• Britconaul.
■
W.L<
(copy sent to O.of I.under P.L.^b.590-3 of
22nd Jhine 1939)»
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- Content
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal political developments in Kuwait and concerning its relationship with Iraq.
The correspondence discusses the impact in Kuwait of Iraqi radio broadcasts and newspaper articles that were critical of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and his decision to dissolve the country's legislative council that had been formed in 1938.
The correspondence also discusses Shaikh Aḥmad's creation of a representative advisory council composed of five members of the Al Sabah family and nine notable merchants.
The file contains an account of the arrest of a Kuwaiti subject named Ahmad bin Munaij and his subsequent conviction as a traitor and public execution (f 59).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (220 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 has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled 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. It begins on title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 217.
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- IOR/R/15/1/549
- Title
- 'File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:2v, 3v:124v, 125v:216v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence