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'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms' [66r] (149/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 4 Apr 1938-19 Sep 1938. It was written in English 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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translations and, extracts from Iraqi newspapers .
AL KAEKH (COLLOQUIAL MP GBITIGAL) 20.5«1938»
ABOUT THE AMUOUHCEMlOT OF THE AT.T.TOTRD HKfTRliiTABY OF THE AMIR .
The Al-Sijil paper of Basra had sail in its reply to
the aimouncement "by the alleged secretary, in order to refute
the news published "by Iraqi newspapers about Kuwait, ought to
have coupled the armouncement with statics showing the number (
of hospitals, schools, first releif institutions, libraries,
Courts of Justice and technical institutes (as he did with the
Bari "broadcasting Station ishich was inspired "by him, and in
which he painted Kuwait as a psradise of men) so that the
Iraqi papers may "be convinced of the progress that is "being
made "by this nieghbouring province• The falsification of
which the secretary complained were the only weapons he
himself used in his explanations* Readers may think that
on
Iraa and Kuwait are/very friendly terms, but has Kuwait, or
rather its authorities, left any means unused to enstrange
this country and harm it in every respect • Have the smuggling
events left any tie between the two countries unbroken, or
has the expulsion of Iraqi workmen from Kuwait preserved any
sympathy with Kuwait, or has the Kuwaiti authorities refusal
of the employment of Iraqiis and the holding back of the Iraqi
farmers dues in Basra date gardens helped preserving friend
ship between the two countries ?• These are some of the peiaa
points which have caused Iraq, so much loss and inconvenience
through the behaviour of the Kuwait author!tes, let alone the
loss of many lifes on both sides on account of the smuggling
activities of Kuwaitis or Iraqis using Kuwait as the starting
point..., Kuwait is, in point of fact, an Iraqi district, and
to leave it grope in the darkness of ignorance and
mis administration, would pain the heart of every Arab to ^ay
nothing of Iraqis who regard it as part of their own country.
As another example of the injustice done to the
Arabs of Kuwait, Al-sijil paper asserts that recently a car
driven by a Kuwaiti and another driven by a Somali British
Subject collided. Both drivers were arrested, but through the
intervention of the British Consul in Kuwait the Somali was
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the formation of a Legislative Council in Kuwait following unrest among its people and criticism of its government in the Iraqi press. Included are newspaper articles, a list of the names of those elected to the Legislative Council of Kuwait (folio 75) and a list of demands made by the Council (folio 76). The main correspondents include: Gerald De Gaury, 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. at Kuwait; Trenchard Fowle, 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. at Bushire; Lawrence Dundas, Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office in London; Maurice Peterson, British Ambassador in Iraq; Air Officer Commanding for British Forces in Iraq; Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir], ruler of Kuwait; and other Government of India officials.
The correspondence includes:
- Abdication discussions about Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait;
- Overview of the administration and control of justice, education, medical services, municipalities and desert land (folios 83-99);
- Appointment of a British customs officer in Kuwait;
- Opposition of the Persian population of Kuwait to the Legislative Council.
There are internal office notes at the back of the volume (folios 207-214), written by officials of the British 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. at Bushire.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1C) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbers refer to folio numbers.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio. The folio numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. Circled index numbers in red crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 30 and 30A. Folio 200 is omitted.
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- IOR/R/15/1/468
- Title
- 'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms'
- Pages
- 32r:34v, 66r:68v
- Author
- al-Karkh
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- Public Domain