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Miscellaneous reports and correspondence relating to Kuwait [‎5r] (9/87)

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The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in [1 Mar 1918]-13 Mar 1920. 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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had dlapor««d to their hcwo« in tho . outh« Ue found It
thoreforo expedient to temporise il th the ^hai.i «ir. lie
allowed thexs into hie territory on kjuk oondition that they
omviiaxk round the well* of 'artewlyah, and hi a eon Aurki,
then in ehar^e of -«afiis a ^ave thora paaeoe -'or e« > lieB
in Kuwait* >>o the • harjriar, oourted bovh ay tiyAdli end
Kuwait v law* had the run of their teeth both in vaeitt
a,ivl <.umit t thue uj^eet^in^ o xr olookude arrange ieute f but
e^ iia Jiad eoored a diploi.u»tlo triumph*
(7). On return to j uwait in Ootob^ r I found that
great ahan^eti had tatom plaee both in Kuwait iteelf and
in tho deeert. SaiUa'e foreljp t>olioy wan voted alernr
by the people of aiwait. he haa ^ai ived uuoh prooti o as
a ertateatjaa* iie had beoox^e uoro affable and tolerant,
blookade reetriotione voro related and he had ^rown to
be almoet >opulAr* - ^ot that popularity is an attribute
that one would ev^r a^ooiate with a oaar oter like his
- Hill »>alia had oo^ib on a lot end I folt that he waa bent
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on taking a line of hie own*
(Hj un the whole t I ooneidor Ualitn has aohiered
a definite personal euoiie^a due entirely to his o m
efforts. Uru) mueh regretted that this MUOiKtes was gsined
to so ms exteat at our expense, 1 iuaim as regards oallin^;
in the 'Ajsisn and ^haia^a^- and mlascin^ bloekade restrlotions*
iut one oould not out ad»ire his suooess in OToroomin^
Intornal and external opposition by his grit and daring*
Ha has einoe triad a fall witfe u» ovot the establiehnent
of a ^1 oak add ^oet v but in that he was up against too
big a ^ropositien sud 1 m hoping that tho result will
be a warning to hiff as wall as a ground for inoreased
Mutual respeot between us* ^nd if only the x question
of the ihatsuar oould be settled by their abandoning; the
"urks and oonln^ over to o^ir aide, I believe that we should
not do badly in taking ^alim as a oounsellor, and usin^ him
as & lever far our 'Olioy in Central Arabia* jtChas 'wl ^

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Correspondence of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain relating to Kuwait, and reports concerning Kuwait circulated to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .

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The Arabic language content of this file consists of a few Arabic versions of personal and place names that occur in the official print in folios 21-33.

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1 file (41 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 42 on the last folio before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear 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.

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