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'File 4/13 II Kuwait Education' [382r] (763/844)
The record is made up of 1 file (420 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1939-17 Nov 1943. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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H.B.lVPs Political Ag
Koweit•
British Council,
25,Sh.Aboul Seba,
Cairo.
8th.September 19^^
Dear Sir,
School Teachers for Koweit.
This letter serves to introduce nine Egyptian school
teachers selected by me for employment by the Koweit Government.
They are:
Abdul Ghani Abdul Gowad . Aged 30 yrs. Bachelor. Dar Al Aloom 1939*
Suitable as Head Master of a Primary School
Mohamed Abdul Moneim Al Bukhmi .Aged 3^-Married.Dar Al Aloom 1930.
Suitable as Head Master of a Primary School
Sabir Al Gamr .
Ahmad Thabit .
Ahmad Al Shanowi .
Ahmad Gowdat Usman .
Abdul Qadar Al Saad .
Ali Sssawi Salman .
Zaki Mohammad Abul Nasr.
Aged 27.Married.Dar Al Aloom 194-0.
General Subjects in Primary School.
Aged Bachelor.B.Sc .Faculty of Agriculture,
Fuad 1st .University 194-2.
Science and Maths.in Secondary School.
Aged 29.Bac helor.B.Com.Fuad 1st.University 1957
Maths . and English in Primary SchooiStSecondary^
Aged 29.Bachelor .Dar Al Aloom 194-0.
General Subjects . *!-
Aged 29*Bachelor .Dar Al Aloom I939-*
General ects .
Aged 28. Married and accompanied by his wife.
High School of fine Arts 194-3*
Art and Handwork .
Aged 22.Spent 4- yrs.at Al Azhar University and
2 yrs.under Sheikh Awad Ali Hafnawi.
Religion . (Bachelor).
h
Ali Baikal and Ahmad Dheif are accompanying the above as they are
returning to resume their duties in Koweit.
I regret that owing to the short notice I was unable find a
tenth man.
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This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, specifically the activities of a British educational official named F J Wakelin, who was on secondment from the British Council and acting as adviser to the Governments of Bahrain and Kuwait at this time.
A number of reports regarding Kuwait's educational system written by Wakelin are contained in the file. Topics discussed include the hiring of teachers from Egypt, educational reform and the role of the British Council including a visit made to Kuwait by a Council official named C A F Dundas.
In addition to correspondence between Wakelin and other British officials (notably the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait), the file also contains a large amount of correspondence between him and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and Kuwait's Department of Education (much of which is in Arabic accompanied by English translations). A limited amount of correspondence between British officials in Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also present (this is largely in French and occasionally in Arabic).
On folios 117-137, the file contains a price list of Arabic books and school materials prescribed for use in government elementary and secondary schools 1939-40 that was prepared by the Department of Education, Government of Palestine in Jerusalem.
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- 1 file (420 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 422; 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 between folios 2-421; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/196
- Title
- 'File 4/13 II Kuwait Education'
- Pages
- 193r:193v, 207r:219v, 256r, 259r:262v, 269r:272v, 283r:286v, 316r:316v, 323r:323v, 347r:347v, 361r:363v, 382r:390v, 402r:408v, 412r:413v
- Author
- Wakelin, Frederick James
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