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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [94r] (198/474)
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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xBANSLATIQN.
FATA-AL- • ARAB
jjated Damascus, the 22nd Jamad al Auwal 1364
equivalent to 21st August 1S36#
Telegrams from rjiwait and from Baghdad confirm
that the young Kuwaitis have telegraphed asking for
union with '^racj) and that somo of them had an intervie
with the
political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, rjiwaitj whom they requested
to comply with the desire of the inhabitants for the
union c.- Kuwait with 41 Iraq. Xliis demand is an old one
about which the j^uwait people have been very anxious5
but it should not be considered as an indication of
hatred to their rulers, who, since the establishment of
Kuwait,have been very helpful to thenuhey have teken
this step in the interests of an r Arab union and in that
of the conutry's position for the reason that it would be
in^ossible for scattered small provinces and states to
exist, at an era of materialism, unless they are united
and form one power*
ihere is no doubt that the exchange of interests
between Kuwaitis and ^Iraqis have been very satisfactory
and are becoming more satisfactory every day, to which
fact may be added, the close family relations which are
growing stronger every day. The *Iraqi owns property
in Kuwait and the roiwaiti owns property in ^Iraq. jiiach
of them gets every assistance and respect from his
fellow-brother and also from the ruler of the other-s
country, ihe post, telegraph and te^hone have already
been united between the two countires, the fact which
proved /
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 94r:96r
- Author
- Fata al-Arab
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- Public Domain