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'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.' [126r] (251/312)
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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Secret
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Kuwait,
Hay 5th, 1939.
D.O. Ho. C/207
l' ?
lly dear Sir Trenchard,
Tour telegrais Ho. 282 of May 4th. I have no
very useful comments to make on Baghdad despatch
^0 % 1
Ho. 178 (288/58/30) of 20th April, 1939, hut it
occurs to me, on reading this despatch, on reflecting
on the past attacks on Kuwait, which appear to have
coincided with the accessions to power of Huri as
Sayid, and recalling that hi a brother-in-law, the
late Ja’afar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
al Askarl, under whose unfluanoe
Huri came, was ardent for inclusion of Kuwait in Iraq.,
that Huri himself is hy no means unpleased at the
Iraq.! movement against Kuwait, and that it may have
his concealed approval, and even his secret encourage
ment .
2. This is a matter of doubt hut it seems clearer
that recent Iraqi action has been designed to demons
trate to th© Shaikh of Kuwait that while on the one
hand Iraq, can ham him, we, on the other hard, are
unable to protect his interests, or prevent him being
attacked. Hence the continuation of Press Wireless
attacks, and Police Incursions, even after protests,
and hence th© continued occr^ation of his gardens in
spite of our protests. This lesson having been made
unmistakably clear to the Shaikh, a •messenger* was
to be sent to him, to pursue, and follow up, the Ira^i
plan/
The Hon'ble Sir Trenchard Bowie, KCXS., CBB.,
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.
,
Bushire.
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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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- 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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