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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [110r] (230/474)
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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Eritlksh loverrineiit, having decided to change their policy
in this country, terminated his services in Iraq, and
appointed him as a Political ^gent at Bahrain. J'or reasons
not as yet known to us he was again discharged fron the
political service, and for about one year he remained without
political worfc. In 1921 a difference which had arisen between
His ivlajesty King Ibn baud and i-iajor Daly, the British
Political ^gent at Bahrain, gave him a chance to resume his
political career.
The cause of the abovementioned difference was as
follows; .according to the provisions of the treaty between
him and the British Government, Kir^ Ibn Saud, then Sultan
of Nejd, was bound to send through the Political ^gent at
Bahrain all his communications with the British Government.
He observed then that Daly opposed him. He, therefore, protest
ed ancl asked that the mediator ^lould be a person other than
Daly. The British Government, famous as they are, to seize
opportunities for turning anything into benefit, instructed
their High Commissioner for Iraq, thai bir Percy Cox, to
open negotiations with ibn baud in regard to the difference
arising between him and Major D^.y. bir Percy, it is understood
liked Dickson and watched an opportunity to get him an appoint
ment. He, therefore, proposed him a s a British Political .agent
at Ibn Saud's Court with headquarters at (^atif. By this
proposal bir Percy wanted to hit two birds with one stone.
But Ibn baud refused this proposal on the plea that the fanatic
people of Nejd would in no case agree to the appointment ol
Consuls in their country.
Consequently bir Percy Cox persuaded his Government
of the necessity of appointing Dickson as a Political
i 'ediator between them and Ibn baud, on the understanding that
his headquarters TOuld be at Bahrain. The British Government
agreed to this; and Dickson continued to occupy that office
until at last Ibn baud tore up his treaty with the British
Government after he had invaded the Hijaz and obtained his
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/506
- Title
- 'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 109r:111r
- Author
- Al-Nas xx An Nas
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- Public Domain