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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [‎19r] (48/1208)

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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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an improvident in a«ki cat ionul method a will result#
llie BriUah authorities in J^aleatine had no
observations to make on their paat activities.
10) wtBikh Hi lax sJ. iXutaXri, a of feutalr
t ibal origin, ant a million al re iii inglisa money, l«f%
Kuwait for k. orth jaat W#Jd on a prolonged hunting trip
aoi with a considerable retinue on the Uth oven her.
Hia first offln? ia at er Kigai on the Kurrei t-Xraq uaudl
Arabia border ant hie aubaequent etas pa win be in the
OJmikX in hejfi.
.••ir^inha# liav iaoff t • faleetinian subject of
Jewiah birth, arrived here on the let htwember to stay
some months and purchase lamb enn sneep skins for hie
firm Maser#: The Hue eon* e ,iay uompany, ltd., of Loudon.
The world demand for lambskins is according to hlra
ixicreasing and local skins have beau found very good as
compared with those of neighbouring countries. He
expects to span here about ts.ai.OOO,
Vhe Iraq a-aremmett, vide pare a&-A(b) and 111 of
the Sttismjjr, ha» within last year purchased 350 sheep frar.
Kuwait In an auaeavoux* to Improve the Iraq breed#
Ife^msATr CIL OOMP^ # ; 1 -
i r.i-atl ier t an exaployee of the Kuweit uil Coapsiy
l^avinp Kxwalt by ul^it on the 1 st &ovsaber bound for
Bahra Oil veil, north of Kir alt Bay and without a &iide
was found near dawn by iejm&n tribe amen In camp south of
a1 Manqish on the southern frontier of Kuwait#
It is ua oar stood that his journey had ended
only with the end of his patrol am he had apparently boen
in and out of a&udi Arabia. He was retrieved on the
evening of the following day.
154./

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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' [‎19r] (48/1208), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3757, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057214323.0x000031> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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