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'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.' [39r] (77/312)
The record is made up of 1 volume (154 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1939-29 Feb 1948. 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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37
COPY OF tIlEGEAM.
From H.M. Ambassadob, To
Bagdad.
Bate .25th...March Jl ....1939 ?<
No Time despatched.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 91, repeated to
Bushire No. 24, copy to Koweit By bag No. 11/Saving. £1
As it happened, just after Bushire telegram No. 149
to
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.
reached me on March 23rd, I was summoned to
the Palace and was received by the King of Iraq in the
presence of the Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affain
and the Minister of Finance. After discussing other
matters the King and the Prime Minister stressed His
Majesty’s friendly feeling for the Shaikh of Koweit and
pressed me to expedite acceptance of friendly overture
mentioned in Sir M. Peterson’s telegram N6. 66. Having
heard them out I said I thought the Shaikh would need a
lot of convincing of the friendly sentiments which His
Majesty had told me he entertained towards him and proceeded
to protest with as much force as I could command against the
disgraceful behaviour of the Iraqi police who, I said, had
evidently been encouraged to commit these outrages by the
unrestrained and harmful propaganda which had so long been
conducted in this country.
2. The King and his Ministers expressed astonishment and
denied knowledge of these events. His Majesty said he
would cause the offenders to be punished. I said that was
the least he could do. The Prime Minister observed that
these incidents only showed how necessary it was that no
time should be lost in despatching an envoy from here to
Koweit, and that the individual, whom they had in mind, was
well equipped in every way to undertake such a mission. He
would be able to advise the Shaikh on how to administer his
D 45758-000 X E-HP
country
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The correspondence also contains reports about members of Al-Naqib family from Basra who were appointed as envoys from Baghdad with instructions to offer official advice to the Ruler of Kuwait. A particular name that appears in the volume is Sayid Hamid Bey Al-Naqib, Basra Deputy to the Ruler of Kuwait.
The correspondence also discusses the following: the refusal by Ibn Saud of any form of unity between Iraq and Kuwait, the issue of encouraging Persian immigration to Kuwait, and the petitions raised by members of the Legislative Council in Kuwait, to 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. , Kuwait, to assist in releasing political prisoners in Kuwait.
The correspondence also contains letters and newspaper extracts regarding Khalid Sulaiman al-‘Adsani, Secretary of the dissolved Legislative Council in Kuwait, and about the Arab Youth movement called al-Ansar, which calls for Arab unity. Most of the correspondence in the volume (ff 2-136) is dated 1939.
The main correspondence is between the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, and the British Embassy, Jeddah.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (154 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 156; 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 3-154; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/127
- Title
- 'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:49v, 51r:52v, 54r:54v, 56r:67v, 69r:119v, 121r:130v, 134r:136v, 139r:139v, 141r:141v, 143r:146v, 149r:149v, 151r:155v, 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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- Open Government Licence