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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎265r] (529/1148)

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The record is made up of 1 file (572 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-31 Jul 1946. 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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inolude any grain and are insufficient in quantity.
Those bedouin other than the happy owners of flocks
are entirely without means of subsistence other than
charity, Many are now encamped round the town and
live by begging from house to house, an additional
burden on the town’s food supplies. Lt-Col. H.R.P.
Dickson, Acting General superintendent of
the Kuwait Oil Company, who is in very close touch
with the Bedouin of Kuwait and Kast Saudi Arabia,is
convinced that the mortality rate among children and
the aged from Tuberculosis and Phthisis, aggravated
by under-nourishment, is about 60 a,
VI. FOREIGN INTKkiS-STS
(a) Saudi Arabia . Relations with the Saudi Kingdom
have remained friendly. In March some concern was
caused by a report, subsequently confirmed as a
’’’canard*, that King Ibn 3aud had forbidden the export
from his territory of desert products to Kuwait.
(b) Iraq . The official attitude of Kuwait to Iraq is
perhaps best described as one of profound distrust.
It seems nevertheless to be tempered by the self-
knowledge that, given the opportunity, Kuwaitis are
capable of many of the iniquities attributed to Iraqis
VII. DATS GARDENS
The situation was as follows at the end of the year
Bashlyah . This case was heard in Basra and the
verdict was given in favour of the defendants. An
appeal has been lodged in Baghdad by His Highness*
advocate and the date of hearing is fixed for 18th
January 1944. There seems little hope that the case

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This file consists of copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire for the years 1939-1945.

These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:

These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections that vary according to each report, but include the following topics:

  • Personnel
  • Visitors
  • Foreign Representatives
  • British Interests
  • Local Administration
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Military
  • Aviation
  • Political Situation
  • Trade
  • Medical
  • Meteorological

The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .

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1 file (572 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 574; 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. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-571; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon and, where circled, are crossed through.

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