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'File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait' [15r] (29/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 16 May 1949-14 Sep 1949. 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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No.C/U^ (4/41)
THE POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
KUWAIT,
7) A September, 1949.
•
Please refer to your letter No.149/39/49
of the 16th May, 1949.
enquiries about the orifdn and present status nr
man were established here as merchants when Ibn
Saud was in exile in Kuwait. Here they gained
his confidence and started to act Ms agents
shortly after he made himself Master of Riyadh.
The first reference to the Saudi Trade Agrnt in
our records was in
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Express letter No.C.151
of the 21st May, 1935. to you. The post is
mentioned in Article £ of the Kuwait-Seudi Trade
Agreement negotiated by us on behalf of the
Sheikh in 1942 and mus^, therefore, be regarded
as official.
4. The correspondence about the Saudi Trade
Agent’s flying a flag rests with
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.
telegram No.3361 of the 16th February, 1946,
2
I have gone through our records and made
the Saudi Trade Agent
3. The father and grandfather of the present
to you
H.E.Sir Rupert Hay,KCIE. f CSI.,
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bahrain.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait concerning a request made by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish an Iraqi consulate in Kuwait. The political implications of agreeing to this request (and a similar one made by the United States Government) are discussed in detail in the file.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (translated into English) and the British Embassy in Baghdad, including a copy of the request to establish a consulate in Kuwait (folio 9).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (17 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 19; 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 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/228
- Title
- 'File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:18v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence