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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [‎50r] (112/474)

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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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and the public.
(c) Question of commission to be charged on
remittances to him and to public,
(d) Question of misbehaviour of Bank employees
and how this would be dealt with.
(e) Question of "Hawalas" etc. etc.
and then in the event of their being able to agree
with his terms, and he in the meantime had not
changed his mind in favour of another Bank , that
he would be willing to grant the Ottoman Bank a
working monopoly for 10 to 15 years.
(ii) The Shaikh further said that he was quite
prepared to give an exactly similar letter to the
one he wrote to Mr. Kurkgy,(a retired official of
the Ottoman Bank Basra J to any other Bank whatsoever,
who thought fit to approach him on the subject of
opening a branch in Kuwait, and that the road was
entirely open to the Eastern Bank, Imperial Bank of
Persia, or any other English Bank such as Lloyds
Bank to come forward and see him about the matter.
(iii) Lastly, that as he was anxious to see a
Bank open in Kuwait at all costs now that the K.O.C.
was in being, he trusted that if you or H,M # Govern
ment had any other bank in mind which you wanted to
assist, or preferred to the Ottoman Bank for Political
reasons, you would treat the matter as an urgent one
and get such bank or banks to come forward with all
speed to talk business with him. The necessity of
speed was of importance to him, as he could not wait
too long on the convenience of other aspirants to the
concession.
As regards your question (b) para 1 above - the
Shaikh quite frankly said that, as he was not bound by any
treaty

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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