Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
IOR/L/PS/12/3964
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The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 9 May 1944-13 Jan 1945. 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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The file concerns Kuwait affairs.
The papers include a report dated 9 May 1944, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, on a visit to Kuwait. The report includes details of conversations between Prior and the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], covering education, the oil industry, Major Frank Holmes, a statement by the Shaikh that Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] had been encouraging him to get rid of his British oil company (the Kuwait Oil Company) and replace it with an American one, the Shaikh's estates in Iraq, his investiture [as Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)?], the presence of Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force) in Kuwait, and an attempt by the Shaikh to present Prior with an expensive gift. The file also contains correspondence between the 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. , the Foreign Office, and 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. , concerning the report of Ibn Saud's advice to the Shaikh.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (17 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 18; 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 2-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3964
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- Coll 30/220
- Date(s)
- 9 May 1944-13 Jan 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Political intelligenceConcessions, Oil, Kuwait
- People & organisations
- King of Saudi ArabiaEmir of Kuwait
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3964
- Title
- Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:18v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence