'Koweit, 1908-1928'
IOR/L/PS/18/B395
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The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1928. 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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Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928.
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- 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India; and the responsibility for expenditure;
- 'History of Koweit Affairs, 1908-28' – including the rights of the Shaikh over the islands of Bubiyan and Warba; oil concessions; Anglo-Turkish negotiations of 1911-14; co-operation during the First World War; relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], ruler succession; and difficulties with the maintenance of a blockade;
- 'History of Koweit Affairs, 1919-28' – including the status of Koweit; Koweit Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. providing for British jurisdictions within the Principality; termination of the lease of Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh], oil concessions, relations with Ibn Saud regarding the Koweit-Nejd-Iraq boundary question, the Koweit-Nejd Customs dispute, and Akhwan [Ikhwan] raids; relations with Iraq regarding the exemption from taxation of the date gardens in Iraq belonging to the Shaikh of Koweit, the position of Koweit vis-à-vis Iraq, and relations with Persia.
It also includes a summary and a list of points referred to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee. Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of 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. .
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- 1 file (7 folios)
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This file consists of a single document.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 10, and terminates at f 16, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B395
- Former external reference(s)
- P 4224/28
- Date(s)
- 1 Oct 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B395
- Title
- 'Koweit, 1908-1928'
- Pages
- 10, 10:11, 11:12, 12:13, 13:14, 14:15, 15:16, 16
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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