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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [30r] (70/1208)
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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destroyed a quarter of the torn in the
137 .AFGHAN II'iTBHBSTfi.
winter of 1934.
Two Afghan Visitors.
Two Afghans arrived in ^iwait on the 24th July
1936 from Jao. They stayed with Shaikh Abdulla al Jablr
as-Subah, nephew of the Ruler and applied to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for Smergency Certificates in order to leav
e on the 20th
September. It was only then discovered by the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
that they had no passports or papers which they alleged
had been sunk in an accident to the boat in which they
had crossed the Shatt al Arab at Siba.
They gave their names as Salyid Ghalib bin
baiyid Fadhil and Saiyld Muhammad and their native place
and place of issue of passports as Kandahar, a reference
was made to the British Consul. Kandahar, who replied that
A reference
the Afghan authorities were unable to trace them.
Both left for Riyadh and Mecca without passports
or certificates early in October.
i^rom later news it is understood that their cars
and other dues will be paid for by the Saudi Arab Governmer
on the King’s own instructions*
It remains a mystery to fee Kuwait authorities
exactly who these two well educated Afghans were. They
entertained them out of their Arab hospitality without even
knowing, so they say*
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Captain,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,Kuwait.
political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,A uwa it.
The 18th October 1936*
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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