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'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms' [120r] (257/455)
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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work first in collecting figures of revenue and expenditure
etc*» say over the last five year8 f and any other details
which they think might be useful for hiza#
3. I think therefore that we should try and get
an official of the Imperial Customs Service from India to
visit Kuwait. On your returnjto Kuwait please make this
proposal tentatively biid verbally to the Shaikh and the
Council, and let me know their reaction. If it is
favourable I will approach the G-overnment of India on the
subject, letting His Majesty's Government know that I am
doing this. The deputation of the Customs officer will
of course cost the State something, but will be well worth
while. If as a result of the Customs officer^ visit the
Customs receipts go up, as they should, the political as
well as the financial effect should be good* The Council
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will associate the increased revenue of its State with
the efforts of a British officer, and will therefore be all
the more inclined to accept a British Financial Adviser,
which we think the State ought to have. As oil revenues
come in, and the finances of the State become more com
plicated, the State must have an Adviser of some sort from
outside, and from our point of view it is essential that
he should be a British official, and not for instance an
Iraqi. The importance of the post of financial Adviser
lies in the fact that, since there are few subjects which
are not connected with finance, either directly or indir
ectly, whoever is appointed will have considerable indirect
influence in political, as well as financial, matters, and
might/
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/468
- Title
- 'File 45/23 I (D 140) Kuwait Reforms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1ev, 2r:7v, 11r:11v, 12v:13v, 14v:19v, 22r:30v, 30ar:30av, 31r:31v, 35r:51v, 55r:55v, 59r:62v, 65r:65v, 69r:102v, 105r:177v, 180r:218v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence