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'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms' [57r] (131/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 4 Apr 1938-19 Sep 1938. 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't is the duty of the Amir to submit, and to
recognise that the Kuwaiti public have indisputeahle legal
rights and will never, "by any means, submit to a despotic
policy,
Z. The people want to control their own interests and
finances and to spend, for their own progress and. improvements
and this cannot "be realised except "by making laws according
to which the policy of the state may he directed, and which
will protect the public funds from "being used, as play money,
hy ignorant members of the entourage who know nothing else
ve
than the hoarding of money and driving the people to po^rty
f
"by various mean ways.
3. The public want an annual grant of Bs» 50000/-,
from the Oil revenues, to "be spent for the sole purpose of
town improvements, by way of an annual contribution to the
Municipality, and this demand is a very reasonable one #
4. The public want the immediate foundation of a
Hospital complete in every detail, with all the necessary
surgical instruments and medical requirements, to be
by Arab doctors, and by no means will mere promises for its
foundation be accepted#
5* The public requires that all revenues derived from
local products, such as Sand, Shingle and Gravel, and from
tonnage and warehousing, and from all those materials which
are the natural products of Kuwait, should all be spent on
public welfare generally#
6. The public want the infusion of life into it
materially by streching water pipes from Iraa to Kuwait, aftei
making the necessary agreement with the Iraq. Govememnt, as
Kuwait is faced by great dangers, because water is life, and
should any of the strong powers prevent the arrival of water
into Kuwait then the public will surely die of thirst and
will thus be compelled to submit without a struggle#
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the formation of a Legislative Council in Kuwait following unrest among its people and criticism of its government in the Iraqi press. Included are newspaper articles, a list of the names of those elected to the Legislative Council of Kuwait (folio 75) and a list of demands made by the Council (folio 76). The main correspondents include: Gerald De Gaury, 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. at Kuwait; Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire; Lawrence Dundas, Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office in London; Maurice Peterson, British Ambassador in Iraq; Air Officer Commanding for British Forces in Iraq; Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir], ruler of Kuwait; and other Government of India officials.
The correspondence includes:
- Abdication discussions about Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait;
- Overview of the administration and control of justice, education, medical services, municipalities and desert land (folios 83-99);
- Appointment of a British customs officer in Kuwait;
- Opposition of the Persian population of Kuwait to the Legislative Council.
There are internal office notes at the back of the volume (folios 207-214), written by officials of the British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (folio 1C) is a subject index, arranged alphabetically. The numbers refer to folio numbers.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio. The folio numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. Circled index numbers in red crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 30 and 30A. Folio 200 is omitted.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/468
- Title
- 'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms'
- Pages
- 56r:58v
- Author
- Kuwait Secret Society
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- Public Domain