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Coll 30/45 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Kuwait Intelligence Summaries, 1932-1936' [258r] (526/1208)
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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7
(i)
(j)
to the death, he objected strongly to swear future
fealty to a person who if the King died, might
not prove at all worthy to hold the reins of
power. f, Let the best man win after your death,
01 Brother", is what he is reported to have said to
Bin Saud.
To mollify Mohamed, the King had given his daughter
to "Khalid" his son, a one-eyed boy of outstanding
bravery and spirit, after the latter's return ffom
the Yemen campaign. It was this Boy who attempted
to murder Saud, the heir apparent, 5 years ago,
when he was in the "hammam” (bath) but in the gloomy
light, he had shot and killed Baud's servant instead
(A bit of secret history, which few know about).
Khalid is today kept continually by the King's side,
and is much petted and honoured by the sovereign.
The King had become very much "fatter" in appearance
the last few months (the informer expressed the hope
that he was not going the way of his father Abdur
Rahman, who in later years developed a sort of
dropsy), which seemed to affect his movements, and
to some extent his mental alertness.
(k) Bandar, recognized Shaikh of the Mutair (though not
the official nominee) the son of the late Faisal al
Duwish, continues to be treated particularly well
by the King, who gives him 300 Rials monthly, as
well as 16 bags of rice: The King also treats Faisal*
wife, the lady "Aasha" and Humaidi, Bandar's younger
brother equally well.
(l) The Mutair tribe as a whole are on the other hand
still being subjected to much cruel treatment, and
Ibn Jaloui is allowed to execute on the slightest
pretext, especially those caught blockade runAing
from Kuwait.
(m) iiin Saud (vouched for as having been obtained from 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)
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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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