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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [189r] (384/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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FOR THE TEAR 1919. 69
There has been very little serious crime in the town during the year.
Education. -yExcept for the Day and Night School conducted by the
Eev. Mr. Caheriy of the American Mission, there are no educaHonal facilities
outside those offered in the Koranic schools which here, as in other places only
/each a sufficiency ot Arabic to enable the pupils to read the Koran. ^
Medical and Sanitation.—As the Assistant Surgeon's post has been vacant
the^
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Charitable dispensary remained closed throughout the vear uruW
review, J
No sanitary arrangements exist in Kuwait, and there is no idea of syste
matic conservancy. ^ Those who live near the sea-share, use it for the purpose
01 nature, the inhabitants of the outskirts use the open desert and those of the
central quarters their house tops, or pits dug on the road-side or, in the
less frequented quarters, the road side itself. Here refuse matter is allowed to
accumulate.
. There are no scavengers bat the principal streets are generally fairly clean,
4)eing swept by the breeze which blows intermittingly almost throughout tbo
year. 3
Police, ihe Shaikh does not keep special men for police work but uses hia
retainers for this purpose whenever required. In addition to these there are
about 60 night guards, mostly Beloochies from the Mekran Coast, for watching
the shops at night. 0
Labour —Is expensive in Kuwait. The following are the present rates of
4aily wages for the different handicraft : —
Rs.
Head Mason
Assistant Mason
Labourer
Master carpenter
As istant carpenter
Nail driver .
Coolia
10 with food.
^ » it
4
^ If
10 „ „
8 „
6 ;» »
3 ,,
Thealjove rates were 50 to 75 per cent, lower before the war.
Honours Z^.—Four honours were conferred during the year as follows :—•
New Year's Honours' List . . C. S. I. to His Excellency Shaikh Saiim
Birthday Honours' List . . . O. B. E. to Dr. C. S. G. Mjlrea^ American
Mission.
}) . Khan BaLalur to Khxn Sahib Mulla
Sal«h bin Mohammud, Chief Secretary
to Shaikh of Kuvva/It. .
„ » • • ' Khan Sahib to Abdul Latif bin Abdu
Jalil, Director of Customs.
Kuwait Mission to England. —In August 1919 Bis Excellency the
Shaikh of Kuwait was invited to send his nephew, Shaikh Ahmad bin Jabir,
to London as a guest of His Majesty's Government. Though he wrote a cordial
reply accepting the invitation it is understood he was very perturbed at the
choice of Shaikh Ahmad. If the selection bad been left to himself he would
most probably have decided in favour of his own son, 'Abdullah, whom be has
for a long time been trying to bring into prominence with a view to the
succession, but who would make about as unsatisfactory a ruler as Shaikh Saiim
himself is. It is well, therefore, that he was left without a choice
Shaikh Ahmad, with a suite of three, left for England on August 28th and
arrived there on October 13th. Major Bowman, Director of Education in
'Iraq, was in charge of the party until its arrival in England when Mr. Philby
relieved him. On October 27th, Captain McCollum, who had been on leave
in England, was given charge and Shaikh Ahmad was by him presented t©
Their Majesties the King and Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess Mary
at Buckingham Palace on October 30th. The Shaikh read an address to the
King thanking him for the great honour bestowed on him by the reception,
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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