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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [33r] (76/1208)
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 the 26th Sep-
200 boats came into port together
tember after a moderately successful season.
earls are quite plentiful this year but the
demand is not as good one as was hoped. Most of the better
pearls found by Kuwaitis were sent direct to India by air
from Bahrain in order to catch and fill early such demand
as there is.
The RADDA or late dive remains out as usual and
does not return until about the end of October.
(b) Kuwait Electric Supply Company.
Reference para 39(b), Summary No. 5 .
The recently imported large German engine of the
Kuwait Electric Company bought through and installed by
an I.*aqi firm of Basra, Suren & Co., has proved a failure*
It is said that there are some technical defects in the
construction of the engine which make it most dangerous
to run for more than a very short time.
122 ,C013MffRClAL INTERESTS.
Kuwait Oil Company.
The well.
The Company f s well at Bahra reached approximately
20 00 ft. at which point the rigmen have had misfortune with
the boring bits and twice in quick succession lost ends,
wishing ior the second broken bits continues.
The Geophysical Party.
15 Americans under Mr.P.H.Boots have arrived and
gone into camp near Bahra. Their materials arrived by ship
on the 21 st.
123.TRIBAL LOCATIONS.
Beginning of Winter migration.
No moves from the permanent wells have taken place
yet but most chiefs contemplate moving e rather earlier
than usual this year and will probably give the order
to saddle up between the 10th and 20th of October. All
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:596v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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