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'File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer' [2r] (3/274)
The record is made up of 1 file (135 folios). It was created in 1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949. It was written in English, Italian and Arabic. 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. 187-3 of 194C.
The Hon’ble 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
presents his com
pliments 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.
,
Kuv/ai t,
and has the honour to transmit to him a copy of the undermentioned docu
ment (s).
British Consulate-General,
BUSHIRB.
Dated
19th April, 194c •
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Reference to previous correspondeiice
Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date
Complimentary slip No.
M.B.I.C./1/33 of 1st April
1940 from the Middle East
Intelligence Centre, Cairo*
v/ith enclosure.
Subject.
Censorship
*
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- Content
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.
Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Government and was involved in smuggling weapons. Jafar was eventually expelled from Kuwait on the basis of these allegations and the correspondence in the file discusses this and his subsequent return to the country.
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials of the Middle East Intelligence Centre in Cairo, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and 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.
The file also contains copies of letters that were exchanged between Jafar and an Iraqi government official who was being held in a British internment camp following Britain's invasion and military occupation of Iraq in 1941. These letters are in Arabic and accompanied by English translations (folios 100-106).
In addition to correspondence, the file also contains an April 1941 issue of Radio Araba di Bari , the monthly magazine of the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station, Radio Bari (folios 64-81) and a translation of an article about Kuwait that was published in al-Sayad , an Egyptian Arabic weekly magazine on 10 August 1948 (folio 119).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (135 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 137; 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 1-135; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English, Italian and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/214
- Title
- 'File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5v:62v, 82r:93v, 95r:99v, 107r:118v, 120r:122v, 124r:136v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence