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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [‎115r] (248/474)

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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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I regret to have to say it, an all too common device anong
the less reputable Press of 3yria and Iraq,
5. In any case I think i t is up to the Iraq Government
to keep her press from publishing dangerous rubbish of this
sort, more especially as there is an undercurrent in each
article p of vicious propaganda intended obviously to discredit
a friendly ruler and neighbouring State in the eyes of the
Iraq newspaper reading public,
6, The two previous articles in the LTas (I regret
I have been unable to obtain a copy of the first though I
have referred to it) , followed by the present one, have
created no little stir in Basra, and 1 have myself received
a personal enquiry from a leaaiiig ^asra notable, asking
what truth there was in the statement published in the
Tt ^l lias", that Bin oaud was going to prevent the Kuwait
Oil Company from working their Concession, as well as
enquiring whether I had been appointed as the Shaikh's
representative in London*
7 » I need hardly mention that neither I nor the
Shaikh have divulged anything regarding the question of
the Chief Local Hepresentativeship and it woulc. seem as
if some hostile oil interests were again at work. Possibly
lir,Gabriel is once more becoming acti/e on behalf of his
late employers,
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obeaient servant,
Jqw.
Lt.-Colonel,
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. , Kuwait,

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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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