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'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General' [196r] (413/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 18 Oct 1918-9 May 1933. 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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C0H7IDBNTIAL.
No. 91.
From
POLITICAL AGrENCY,
KUWAIT.
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Lt # «Colonel H.R.P.Dioksoii, C.I.E., I.A.,
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;
To
The Hoi^ble the
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
B U S H I R E .
King Faisal's proposed visit to Kuwaiti
Sir, ,/)./
Will you please refer to yoxir telegram No.353,
dated the 4th May and immediately preceding telegram
from Foreign Simla (No»1131, dated the 4th May 1933) •
I have the honour to make the foil owing report on the
action, which I took next day in the matter, and the re
percussions my words had on the Shaikh.
S # As the Shaikh was in camp on the 5th May and it
did not appear likely that he would come in to the Town,
it being Friday, I sent for his Confidential Secretary and
explained fully and carefully that should King Faisal, con
trary to my expectation suddenly express the wish, whilst
in Basra, or ever in future suggest a visit to Kuwait, His
Majesty's Government wished His Excellency to understand
tint they (His MaJesty^s Govemment) would raise noobjection
to such visit, provided
(a) that the visit was a private one;
(b) that any proposal of a visit should come
througki the proper channel i.e. the Ambassador
in Baghdad.
This in Triew of the special rslationa whioh Kuwait had uith
About this item
- Content
All the contents of this file relate to Irak [Iraq] between 1918 and 1933.
The file includes:
- A report of the killing of Mr J.H Bill (Indian Civil Service) and Captain K.R Scott (31st Punjabis, Indian Army) by a Kurdish tribal force near Aqrah in 1919 (f 7).
- A copy of a telegram sent to King Hussein of Mecca requesting one of his sons to be sent to occupy the throne of Iraq (f 27b).
- A letter from P.Z Cox, the British High Commissioner for Iraq to Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the borders of Iraq (ff 50-52).
- A rough sketch map of the Nerva and Raikan districts of Iraq (f 54)
- A map of the Turco-Persian frontier (f 55)
- A cutting from al awqaat al iraqiyya (The Times of Mesopotamia) containing full text (in English) of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty 1922 (f 64).
- A detailed report concerning the practicalities of travelling from Baghdad to London via Aleppo and Beirut (ff 79-83)
- A copy of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1926 (f 104)
Other matters discussed in the file include a proposed visit to Kuwait by King Faisal of Iraq, an idea for Iraqis to be sent for training to British consulates in the region and reports concerning the activities of 'anti-British' Persian clerics ( mujathids ) in Iraq.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence which is also written in pencil, but not circled, runs between ff 5-207. In addition to this, a very short sequence runs between ff 2D-4. Circled index numbers written in red crayon are also present in the volume.
Foliation anomalies: 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D; 27A and 27B; 88A and 88B; 159A, 159B and 159C; 163A and 163B
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 23/15, 19 I (D 89) Mesopotamia - General'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 2ar:2dr, 3r:26v, 27ar:27bv, 28r:53v, 56r:63v, 65r:87v, 88ar:88bv, 89r:158v, 159cr:159cv, 160r:162v, 163ar:163bv, 164r:172v, 173v, 173av, 174r:199v, 199br:199bv, 200r:211v, ii-r:v-v, 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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