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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎3r] (16/1208)

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The record is made up of 1 file (594 folios). It was created in 14 Feb 1933-19 Jan 1937. 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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2 -
(a) ^Qiicatlon and ^tiiletics*
./Irst Kuy, f ai t ±(*ixn ^oo tpail ..atch.
vnaa raltted in a former ^umuary, inspired by a
game of ootball played by the liiun of H.r .„• ^horehait in the
first week in hovaciber, a local football club has been formed
by the four young Palestinian schoolmaster a recently arrived
in Kuwait as uoverniaent teachers.
Their first match was arrangec for the olst
December ana against the .toyal ^ii* Porce A rtioured Car section
from ; haiba.
There were some s^prises in store, betail would
be out of place but it may be recorded that the surprises
included a guard 0 f honour for the roiiticai -agent of fifty
Bedouin ohilaren dressed far the first time as Boy ocouts
all singing for the first time a Kuwait national Anthem,
(refrain - Ahmad the Lion), end an attempt at a rann stand
which precariously held, very closely packed, the notables
and merchants of Ku.vait. Courtesy ana hospitality which are
so well known features of ^*rab life were not abanaonad.
Three different coloured her bats, the CKRIkS most popular,
were served to the entire assembly. ^ local word has
been adopted for ^football '. It is L ii^.KHlYn, from an
ancient ^a*ab ball game of that name still played here,
(b; The rulers Toui^.
Kis occellency the Lhaxkh was out of Kuwait
territory from the 27th to 51st December hunting leopard and
bustard in Laudi Arabia.
l67.H.:KATI0Ko »»1TB PaL.oIIK^.
Palestine mission to the *~ri<b states.
The Palestinian mission to the ^*rab otates
coru isting of the ?jell known political lawyer .^wni Abdul Hedi
Muhamma d Kamil al ^assab, Xbn maud’s ^.gent in - a lest ine,
Muhammad Xzzat ad Jarwaza, late iiuuir al >iwqaf in alestine,

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This file contains copies of monthly intelligence summaries that were prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. The summaries are divided into a number of different thematic sections, the exact composition of which varies slightly from month to month, but usually includes a mixture of the following headings:

  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Air Force
  • Imperial Airways
  • Shipping
  • Aviation
  • Visitors
  • Local interests
  • Foreign interests
  • Banking interests
  • Oil interests
  • Meteorological
  • Rain situation
  • Kuwait Oil Company
  • Tribal locations
  • Relations with Iraq
  • Relations with Saudi Arabia
  • Relations with Palestine.

The reports also frequently contain information concerning the second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936) and the Saudi-Yemeni war of 1934.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (594 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 596; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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