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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [18r] (48/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 29 May 1934-5 May 1937. 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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7. One thing is quite clear to us in Kuwait, from
the Sheikh downwards - the centre line of the "shaq 1 '
is understood to he the Western boundary of the Kuwait
Neutral Zone, ana I helieve Bin Saua ana his people
recognise this also, ana the only reason why I originally
drew 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.
's attention to the curious
mistake in the text of trie Kuwait Boundary Convention of
1922 was that, as it stooa, it offered an opportunity to
Bin Saud of possibly some day attempting to encroach on
the Neutral Zone from the west hy laying claim to the
strip of country lying Dctween the xCastern ea & e of the
Shaq and the series of low ridges lying 4 to 5 miles to
the East of it. Such a claim would appeal greatly to the
Nejdi mind.
I personally think the mistake originally was
due to tne fact that Englishmen or an Englishman
(prohahly Colonel tore) drafted the original Boundary
Convention in English, without having any personal
knowledge of the ground, ana guidea hy tne million sheet
map of Arabia only, ana it was then translated into
Arabic for the approval ana signature of the negotiators
of the Convention. It would be quite easy for a person
not knowing the ground ana looking at the map to think
that the 3haq was a low hill. In fact I na^e known more
uhan three englishmen who have made the same mistake when
reading the map. The latter is by no means as clear as
it ought to be.
9 ' Apologising for this lengthy note,
Yours sincerely,
H.ii.p. DICKSON.
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- Content
This file contains correspondence related to a number of different topics (all of which concern Kuwait).
The majority of the correspondence in the file discusses anti-Kuwaiti newspaper articles printed in the Iraqi press. A number of examples of these articles are contained in the file including some original cuttings (ff. 112a-112d).
The following topics of particular interest are also discussed in the file:
- The possibility of the Ottoman Bank or the Imperial Bank of Persia establishing a branch in Kuwait (f. 22, 26, 55, 60, 61, 97-99).
- The right of British subjects to trade in Kuwait (ff. 156-159, f. 164, f.168, f.171, f.181, f.187).
- A complaint made by the Government of Iraq concerning an incursion into Iraqi territory by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and an armed escort (ff. 201-206).
- The education of Kuwaiti students in Iraq (ff. 122-23, f. 127).
- A proposed hunting trip by Shaikh Aḥmad to Amara in Iraq (ff. 188-189, ff. 192-193, ff. 197-200).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is included on folio 1B.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found 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.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C; 112, 112A, 112B, 112C and 112D; 121 and 121A and the following omissions: 65; 179-181
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- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:3v, 4v:44v, 45v, 48v:57v, 58v:64v, 66r:70v, 72v, 73v, 76v:81v, 85v, 89v:93v, 96v:104v, 105v, 108v, 111v:115v, 117v:119v, 122r:124v, 126v:131v, 132v:137v, 138v:147v, 151v:155v, 157v:158r, 158r:159r, 159r:160v, 163v:178v, 182r:194v, 195v:215r, 215r:228v, back-i
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