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'Administration Reports for 1947' [35r] (69/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 1948. It was written in English. 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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VI.
'FORBIGrif IMTERliiSTS .
(a) Saudi Arabia .
Relations with the Saudi Government have remained friendly
tnrou^giout the year. Large quantities of merchandise especially
wheat have been exported to Saudi Arabia.
(b) Iraq .
The Kuwait Government 1 s attitude towards Iraq underwent no
change. Kuwaities are still very much inconvenienced by the Iraqi
visa Regulations.
On the 19th April an# Iraqi camel patrol of 8 men attempted
tq disarm Rashaida bedouin who were encamped South West of Umm
Nigga 8 miles within Kuwait territory. Shots were exchanged and 1
man of the Iraqi patrol was killed. The Iraqis are said to have
helped tnemselves to some of the goods of the Rashaida^. but
representations in Baghdad only brought the usual denials from the
Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
VII. IMjLMMM*
Attempts were made to persuade the Iraqis to agree to the
Shaikh placing armed guards on his date gardens in accordance with
the usual practice, but without success, and the Shaikh was told
to rely on an attachment order. This he did, but the tenants 1
lawyer arranged for the order to be cancelled at the critical
moment and the 1947 crop went the way of its predecessors. Another
year has passed without the appeals m respect of these gardens
being heard in spite of energetic representations by our Embassy
m Baghdad, J
VIII COST OF LIVING .
The cost of living has continued iis excessively high
throughout the year. The wages of labourers, servants, etc.
1 2 c I*J^ se as Co^P^ny expand. A
coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
now commands a wage
of hxy- a day plus food and other wages are in proportion. The
oupply Department continued to ration sugar, wheat and cloth at
controlled rates.
IX. ROYAL NaVY .
m • Vice~Admiral Sir A.E.F. Palliser, K.G.B., D.S.C. Commander-
m-Ohief. East Indies otation made an official visit to Kuwait
in his flagship H.M.S. M Glasgow M from the 21st to the 24th
February,
Other H.M.Ships to visit Kuwait wkjtm during the year were
the sloops H.M.S. M ¥ildgoose w in January, H.M.S. w Loch Glendhu"
in August and H.M.S. w ¥ren" in November.
X* Ux B ,., „I ?q ,vy t
The American destroyer H Hanlon R. Dicksoh" visited Kuwait
from the 11th to the 14th May. Galls were exchanged between the
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of the 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. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (including The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written by the 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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The Report of the 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. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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