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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [8r] (26/1208)
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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on xbe tha day of Hlg i^jeuty's proclamation In the
Indian ^apire.
No news about an official holiday or otherwise
was received until 10 a.M. on the 14th.
-«eam*ile late, on the lath ant in the absence of
news, :is ixoellenoy had on hia own initiative ordered
the 14th to be a general holiday in Kuwait, the bazaars
bein*; closed*
174. f ID.
The 'Id Holiday at the end of the month of
Hamadhan fasting fell on the 15th and 16th December.
fhe usual visits were paid. The Kuler exchanged
telegrams of congratulations with H.M.the King of Daudi
Arabia, . -n the King of Iraq, H.H.the zair of
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
and H.-ii.the ^haiich of Bahrain.
17 b » LQOaL Xlai e
Mucation and xxtliloticse V
On the 7th December and for the first time a
game of football was played by Kuwait schoolboys.
They were directed by their new Palestinian
schoolrrsa ster s.
A game by men of H.M. B. nhoreham on the 3rd may
have inspired this desirable athleticism.
1NTIBA8TP IN KUv^iT.
(a)(l)Mr.f.Meinel of Buren, and Go. of Basra visited
Kuwait on the 5th December, returning the next day. He
was accompanied by Herr Kopp, a German engineer employed by
his firm and whom he intended to leave here indefinitely
as its agent and as resident engineer of the Kuwait
lectric Light Company which has a German engine sold to
it by Buren and Company. Messrs: *>uren and Company are
desirous of installing an internal telephone system and a
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3757
- Title
- Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:596v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence