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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎4r] (18/1208)

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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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am Mouia al Madhl, ^^er, arrl7e<i by road at 1q
on the 2<i th from Iraq. They were the gue.U here of a
We 'Isi , a Kuwaiti, l bn .auh • a 8hoppi ^ agaat ^
le't at -icday on the 27 ttl byroad for the King*, o..,.
Th * Pal ' ty Pian6 t0 return *1* Kuwait m erne 12
oeye tlm •
" l " “‘ <,osl “ *» s “‘“ “•« r.tm, „»
“ r11 " My *“ * h “ “ -.Jr. «. «h.i r „ ooptloll
by Ibn oaud is likely to be cold am adaonitoxy.
188..-. xoh ..
(ilJ virelcsis iteoa pt ion -
a returned traveller from Riyadh reports that the
Hoyal arrangements for receiving news by radio are quit.
©1 aborate*
A number of clerlts of the Royal hiwan take down |
from radios the newa broadoasta from various foreign
/ stations including London, Rome, ia ri s , Cairo, Jeruealem
and the -orth African Nations am ****. .very night ^
they prepare a summary which after being seen by the King
is run off simultaneously from dictation on xxrabic type-
writers ana issued free to the chief persons in the Royal
family anti entourage.
Abas (irregularly as perb&pe Heaters might think)
the Riyadh Lalaoe has a daily Broadsheet, the first news
paper xn Central Arabia, the heading and title of which
is -Ah IlA’AIYA" - the Publicity.
Afo) King* a Tours.
(tiee Million ttheet).
. .the l^ng in a letter to the Ruler received
at T “ tla ' nn the P«riod says that he will be at IKaKBa,
eet oi the Kuwait-Riyadh road near iUMAHIlk for ten days
and is then moving his camp to Khafe.
lc) frontier Control.
^Larlyib al ll;^ti.
Ufimid

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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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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎4r] (18/1208), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3757, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057214323.0x000013> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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