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'File 4/29 Activities of Shaikh Fahad as-Salim as-Subah' [8r] (15/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (23 folios). It was created in 16 Aug 1944-4 Jun 1946. 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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Telegram • Q,
?rom Political A.gent, Kuwait
To Prior, Shiraz
No 6^*2.
Dated 23rd August, 1944.
IMMEDIATE
\
1
B.B.C. announced in Arabic transmission at 18C0 hours
G-.M.T.' on 22nd August that Sheikh Pahad as Salim As Subah cousin
of H.H. the Euler of Kuwait had been received in Alexandria by
cr
Mustaffa Nahas
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
the Egyptain PremfBu^and ’inter alia* had
discussed "Arab Unity rt .
2. H.H. states that Fahad As Salim’s visit to Egypt is entire
ly unofficial and that he is not authorised to express official
attitude of Kuwait Government on question of M Arab Unity” or on
any other question.
3. As broadcast will have been heard by other Arab Eulers
and whole Arab world H.H. requests that B.B.G. be asked to make
this quite clear in a further statement.
4. You will recall that Fahad as Salim is one of Abdulla
Salim’s party and was put in charge of the State’s finances at
the time of the formation of the Majlis. His financial administr
ation does neither him nor the state credit; and he is reported
to have been getting progressivly more out of hand. He is at
present holiday making in Egypt on a scale, I am informed, that
his IJ^itimate income could not support.
• y
Political
• n ;
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This file contains correspondence regarding an unofficial visit to Egypt that was made by Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah and his desire to export two cars and a number of tyres from the country back to Kuwait. Some of this correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and is in Arabic (with English translations).
The file also contains a letter from Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, the 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 to Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , concerning the possibility of appointing a British financial adviser in Kuwait, which was partly intended to block Shaikh Fahad from obtaining control of the country's finances department.
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- 1 file (23 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 25; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-25; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-3, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 4/29 Activities of Shaikh Fahad as-Salim as-Subah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 7r:10v, 12r:13v, 15r:24v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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