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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎35v] (70/416)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 1932-1936. 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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Southern border, and at the
efiorts had thYdS efieTand several parties of Mutair moving in twos and threes
werf caught by Jadaan’s men running contraband, and were duly handed over to
ibn Muharig for punishment.
Unfortunately for ibn Muharib’s plans, Bin Sand’s tax gatherers suddenly
appeared on the scene and started taking Zikat from the Dhafir Ths caused a
panic and the rank and file began to melt away and disappear bac m » Iraq.
Jadaan was thus left without any real following and so powerless. He himself
got into the bad books of Bin Sand for allowing this dispersal of his men, and was
called to Riath to make explanation.
On 29th October ibn Muharib himself crossed the frontier line with an armed
patrol, and for 5 days made an extensive and secret reconnaissance of all the routes
converging into Kuwait Town. In spite of his hiding by day among the sand
dunes which abound South-West of Kuwait, he was seen and recognized by several
persons. The nearest point that he reached was Chadadiyeh 10 miles fiom the
Town. This fresh incident was at once reported to His Majesty s Government 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. and direct to Bin Saud by Bin Sand’s trade Agent^ in Kuwait,
who saw that the activities of ibn Muharib would rebound on his master s head, and
he wished the latter to have an opportunity of denying responsibility before the
complaint came. This had the desired effect and Bin Saud, following his usual
methods withdrew ibn Muharib from the frontier and replaced him by Saad ibn
Khramis (a negro).
On 22nd December ibn Saud ordered ibn Kharamis to establish a blockade
post of 18 men at Rigai, the South-Westerly corner of Kuwait State, and where it
joins on to Iraq. This was the first occasion that such a post had been located
there, and it effectively prevented tribal caravans however small from slipping into
Kuwait from the South-West.
About this time also came the news that Bin Saud had agreed as a sop to
Jadaan al-Suwait to permit those Dhafir elements who had come over to Nejd and
thrown in their lot with him, to obtain their supplies from the towns of Iraq along
the Euphrates. Similarly fearing another mass movement, this time of his Nor
thern Shammar tribes, into Iraq, he granted the latter the same concession, at the
instance of ibn Musaad, his Governor of Hail. All other tribes of north-eastern
Arabia had still to get their food from Jubail and Hoffuf, and at the end of the year
under review this was still the order.
The above events have been given in more or less chronological detail to show
the varying steps taken to tighten up the blockade and prevent Nejd Tribesmen
from trading with Kuwait.
That Bin Sand’s policy was an unwise one, goes without saying, for in his
efforts to divert Kuwait’s trade to his own ports in the south, he has successfully
estranged his own tribal people, and still more the town population of Qasim.
Actually of course Kuwait, though it would always welcome the regular move
ments of Bin Sand’s tribes up to its borders, is mainly anxious to recover the heavy
caravan traffic that used to ply between the port and the province of Qasim. This
primarily is the trade which will bring recovery to her, not the supplying of the
Bedouin with their petty needs of dates and rice.
Kuwait today is in desperate plight and something must be done, otherwise
she will be reduced to the size of Debai.
V .—General and Local.
(a) Customs, (i). It may be recalled that in June 1930, an incident which
was fully dealt with in this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Administration report for that year, occurred
which entailed the dismissal of Khan Bahadur Abdul Latif bin Abdul Jalil from
the post of Director of Customs.
At the instance of Khan Bahadur Mirza Mohamed, C.I.E., solicitor and agent
to His Excellency the ex-Shaikh of Mohammerah, this official was arrested and
convicted by His Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait, for forgery, and suffered dis
missal and disgrace.

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1931 (Simla, Government of India Press: 1932); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1932 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1933); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1933 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1934); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1934 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1935); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1935 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936). The Report for 1935 shows some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports are divided into chapters relating to the various Agencies, Consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Bushire 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. . Within the chapters there are sections devoted to reviews by 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. ; lists of senior personnel; foreign representatives; local government; military and marine affairs; movements of Royal Navy ships; aviation; political developments; slavery; trade and commerce; medical reports and sanitation; meteorological reports and statistics; communications; naval matters; the Royal Air Force; notable events; and related information.

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1 volume (206 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 208 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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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