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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [37r] (86/474)
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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he wrote him a letter dated 4oS.1935 and left again for
Basra without seeing the Shaikh. A few days after, the
Shaikh explained in conversation with me, that the Ottoman
Bank Directorate in Basra had ai qui red from him (through
a certain Mr. Kurkgy) about the possibilities of opening
a Bank at some future date in Kuwait. That he (the Shaikh)
had written and told Mr. KuiKfey, that he thought that the
bank would find it quite worth their while to do so, and
that he had explained that should the bank enentually
decide to open in Kuwait, he (the Shaikh) would be willing
to promise ttoit no other bank should compete with it for
10 to 15 years. This seemed to me harmless, and quite
business like on the part of the Shaikh, so I did not
think it worth EktibE mentioning anything to you until I
saw a further advance on the part of the baik.
6. You will notice that on Mr. Kurkgy^ return to Basra,
the Official Manager of the Bank addressed his letter of
9th April 1935 to the Shaikh and sent copy to me under
his letter of sane date. It was because I thought he was
you
then "going a bit fast n that I decided to send-my Printed
Letter Bo.C/102 of 12th April with enclosures.
7. On your Express Letter No. 356-S of 30tll^April
reaching me yesterday I saw the Shaikh and asked if he
would let me have a copy of his letter dated 6th March
to Mr. Kurkgy and he readily agreed to do so. He quite
frankly said that he had nothing to hide at all and that
all he tad told the gentleman was that he wculd be very
pleased to see his bank open provided his principals came
forward in due course and proposed terms. Should he agree
to these and should the bank agree to certain conditions
he himself would put forward, then all would be well.
8. The Shaikh emphasized that the road was open still
for any
About this item
- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/506
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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