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[Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)' [27r] (53/270)
The record is made up of 1 volume (133 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1928-2 May 1928. 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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Kuwait,the versian 3 ulf
I 7 th April 1928
I send you two outtinge from the
Manchester Guardian which you may not have soen.
It is extraordinary how that newspaper amidst all
the rutbish published by the otnera always gets
nold of tne rignt stuff.
1 thinA. i, tne friend' 1 you wired to me about officially
some time ago must Le at wor*. in rsanrain as the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
doctor has ;uat come bac^ from the Mail-Boat
and tells me tne Captain 1 a news from there is that
there is to be a Holy ’”ar all over tne East in May
led in person by the arch-Bogey.
I ought to let you Know what a success hur taking
up of the Shaikh of Kuwait in a Victoria became.
iv.ore asked me if it wewe was possible to get him
a trip and Akforce arranged when ' H /C Nansen came
down, ^usell took nim to ahrah and back and than
circle^ over ^uwait town, ihe Shaikh darted from
window to window of the machine and became so
interested that he took nis head-kerchief ,ugal
and abba off. /e sent for nim a message to his
crowd of friends on the aerodrome;muon to their
wonder. All tuo time he kept firing off little
"chits" no we about tne altitude.k.P.H. etc.
Ve gave a tea-fight afterwards and then he asked
all the officers to dine with him. I think he is
, friend
a firm of the Air j’orce and the aeroplane in
future. (Ha has already started asking for more)
Please remember me to the "office"
V
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The volume comprises the correspondence, signals, expenditure accounts and message notes of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Rutland Hillairet Vere De Gaury) during the period 4 February to 2 May 1928.
The discussion in the volume relates to his involvement in intelligence gathering and operations against the akhwan [Ikhwan] in the desert area around Kuwait, Iraq and Najd. It also concerns the arrangements for his departure and return to England. Included in the file are reports on the topography of Kuwait (ff 29-30; 33-34) and strategic use of desert ports.
The volume also includes (folio 114) De Gaury's handwritten notes on phrases in Arabic (with accompanying English translation) he considered would be of great use during his special service in the desert.
The bulk of the correspondence is with Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (133 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 135; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/107
- Title
- [Un-numbered file] 'Correspondence of RAF Special Service Officer, Kuwait (Cpt De Gaury)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:134v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence