'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education' [126v] (254/762)
The record is made up of 1 file (379 folios). It was created in 17 Jul 1945-28 Dec 1949. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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CONDITIONS
1. The Company or any Telegraph Company or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the
telegraphic service be forwarded, may decline to forward such telegram although
it has been received for that purpose ; but in such case the amount paid for
transmission will be refunded to the sender at his request.
2. Neither the Company nor any Telegraph Company, or Government Telegraph
Administration, by whom this telegram is or would in the ordinary course of the
telegraphic service be forwarded, nor any of their respective officers or servants
shall be liable to make compensation for any loss, injury or damage arising or
resulting from non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram, or delay or error
or omission in the transmission or delivery thereof, through whatever cause such
non-transmission, non-delivery, delay, error, or omission shall have occurred even
though occasioned by the neglect or default of such Company or Administration or
any officer or servant in their employ.
3. This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the provisions of the
International Telegraph Regulations and the provisions of such Regulations shall
be deemed to be binding between the sender and this or any Telegraph Company
or Government Telegraph Administration by whom this telegram is or would
in the ordinary course of the telegraphic service be forwarded.
4. The above mentioned conditions also apply to telegrams tendered to or
delivered by the Company by telephone, over a private line, or by any other
means whatsoever.
NOTE.—Code words used in the text of telegrams must not contain more than 5 letters.
The use of accented letters is not permitted in code words. By International
Regulations, the sender of a telegram is obliged to produce the code from which
the text or part of the text in code has been compiled if requested by the office of
origin.
If figures and groups of figures, including commercial marks containing
figures and letters, are used in code telegrams directed to extra-European
destinations, their number, reckoned in accordance with the Rules for charging,
must not exceed one half of the number of chargeable words in the text and signature.
Full information respecting code telegrams may be obtained from any of the
Company's Branches.
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- Content
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, with much of the file concerning the administration and finances of a hostel in Cairo that hosted Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt.
In addition to internal correspondence between British officials (notably the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the British Council), the file also contains correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and Kuwait's Department of Education (much of which is in Arabic accompanied by English translations).
A limited amount of correspondence between British officials in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also present (this is largely in French and occasionally in Arabic).
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains a number of reports concerning Kuwait's educational system that were written by British officials.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 381; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Written in
- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/198
- Title
- 'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2v, 3v, 5r:8v, 10r:13v, 14v:15v, 18r:18v, 22r:24v, 26r:26v, 27v:28v, 30r:36v, 38r:42v, 44r:44v, 46r:49v, 51r:51v, 53r:53v, 54v:55v, 57r:58v, 60r:61v, 64r:67v, 70v, 71v, 72v, 74r:74v, 78r:78v, 81r:82v, 87r:87v, 98r:108v, 110r:116v, 122r:122v, 125v, 126v:137v, 138v:141v, 143r:143v, 148r:154v, 156v:157r, 158r:171v, 174r:179v, 182v:184v, 186r:188v, 190r:192v, 197r:198v, 199v:200v, 202r:202v, 204r:204v, 207r:207v, 216r:218v, 220r:220v, 223r:223v, 226v:227v, 230r:232v, 240r:243v, 245r:245v, 285r:289v, 291r:292v, 295r:307v, 309r:331v, 333r:334v, 358r:380v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence