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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [102v] (209/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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35
(Z) The Radio .—Radio sets from being rather rare have become common
in Kuwait during the year, mostly Philips, and not British, as there is no
such make as cheap and efficient as the foreign makes.
Radio news in Arabia and Arab music is received by Kuwaitis chiefly
from Rome and Cairo. Jerusalem has a shortened and for Arabs uninsph- #
ing news programme and the tri-lingual programme is disconcerting to
listeners.
.V. —Death of His late Majesty King George and Accessions of King
Edward and King George VI.
News of the death of the late King was received on the 21st January.
The Ruler sent a message of sympathy to King Edward and the Queen
Mother.
The bazaars were closed and the Europeans took care to mark in appro
priate ways their sorrow. On the accession of His Majesty King Edward
yTlI and His Majesty King George VJ the Ruler sent telegrams express
ing his humble duty, receiving to each a gracious reply.
VI.— Condition of the Country.
Law and order have remained unchanged. Security in the hinterland
continues to be good.
VII. —Foreign Relations.
/. . 4 -.
(a) Saudi Arabia.
His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia arrived in Kuwait
on 29th January and stayed until 6th February making a private
visit—if private can be distinguished from official in such matters in this
part of the World—to the Shaikh of Kuwait.
He was accompanied by a number of his sons, notably the Emir Muham
mad and the Emirs Khalid and Mansur. His total party numbered 673
travelling in 146 motor cars.
Gifts were exchanged by the King and the Shaikh. The Shaikh in
accordance with custom provided each of the party from the Royal visitors
downwards with pocket money and new dresses and cloaks.
ligures which give an idea of the scale of the many presents are—
Present from Ibn Saud to the Subah family . . . 11 motor cars.
Present from the Shaikh to the King’s followers . . . 750 cloaks.
His Majesty was without doubt much pleased with the visit and relations
have been most cordial ever since, the two Rulers exchanging private letters
every few weeks.
2. I he Trade Blockade continues but it has been the subject of official
correspondence and may be nearer solution.
(6) Iraq.
1. The Ruler reported a total of 12 incursions of which 11 were Iraq
Police by land and 1 Iraq Customs officials by sea into Kuwait waters. No
redress has been received. Newspaper attacks on Kuwait continued not
ably in “A1 Traq” of 18th June, “A1 Karkh” of the 22nd June, and “A1
Nas” of the 2nd July.
With: the departure from the Iraqi scene of Yassin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
al Hashimh
the Turkish General Prime Minister in October, it is hoped that the
campaign of calumny of Kuwait, which began with the publication in his
party newspaper “Al Ikha Al Watni” of 31st January 1934, of a warning
to the Ruler of Kuwait to give way to his, Yassin’s wishes or be damned,
is ended.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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