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'File 53/32 V (D 128) Kuwait Miscellaneous' [151r] (321/474)
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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some of then thought of resorting to direct foreign rule
in order to protect themselves frcm local autocratic rule,
uq who have witnessed the incidents of friction
with "oreigners in these distant tracts of Gulf territories
would ask those who are responsible to re 0 ain the averse
sou I l oy .vise policy and keep same by good government and
consideration. H is fortunately to perceive in the hearts
with
o -lose j_ illom we came in cox-tact, the sincere love and
loyalty they feel towards their Arab W&T $ the descendant of
the bright warriors. But they seem unsatisfied with such a
nature as is controlled by the retinue and profit-seekers
who spoil the relations between the ruler and his sub'ectc
and turn the white black and the blackwhite.
V7e v/ho are interested in this ^rab -emirate to go
on strong and well established, are not but to render our
sincere advice to its administrators and at their head His
Highness the Smir to reform the situation by good treatment
to the people and the selection of persons of discretion and
influence and consulting thaa in matters of public welfare
and also by keeping away that number of mean flatterers
who separate betveen the rule-" and-his subjects. Thereby the
subjects mill open their hearts to him and averse persons
will be regained.
./e are not far off many incidents and significant
lessons all along the Gulf Coast, and especially at Bahrain,
Those headless, tli3refore, choald be cautious not to Tall.
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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
- 148r:151r
- Author
- al-Iraq xx Al-'Iraq
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- Public Domain