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'File B/3 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Shaikh, the Notables and the Political Agent, Kuwait' [‎9r] (17/204)

The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 26 Apr 1930-8 Dec 1949. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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Translation of- a letter # 7
Tron - H*S# Shaikh Sir xihmad al-Sahir as-Sub ah, K # G.I.E # ,
-- V; ^vP^Suier of Kuwait*
To
No.
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§A t'N L jkEH^t
Dated the 10 th Safai^TSf^T 6-7-30).
^fter compliments:
I have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your X
letter No.439 dated the 6 th instant, and I have understood its
contents as well as that of the translation of ihe sd 5 ^'i/ement (
forwarded to Tour Excellency by the Political ^igenu, -^^.i^ain,
with regard to Fatimah bint Nadir T s case against her husband
Ibrahim bin Atiyah al-Hasawi who promised to send her maintenance
when he had received the diving money, or his wife should come
to Kuwait as requested by him.
The abovement ioned has left for * ? Ghaus Tf , but his father
says that his son intends to go to his wife when they reach Mahrai
Bahrain and settle his case with her there. Should he be unable t
to go to Bahrain, he shall be compelled to go to her, after the
" 6 uffal n , and. do whatever he can to please her. Tis father also
says that the reason that detained him from sending her maint
enance was his poverty as his Nakhuda gave him but litule money,
just enough for his requirements for the "Ghaus".
Accordingly if he goes to Bahrain during the "Ghaus
and meets his wife and reconciles with lifer, this will be all
right, otherwise, on his return from "Giiaus" he will have to
go to her and settle with her there according to the Muhammadan
law.
Usual ending.
No. 9 /1/ Lf ysi •
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait.
T Dated the 10 th July 1930.
The foregoing translation of a letter is forwarded,
with compliments, to the 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. , Bahrain, for informatic?}
with reference to his endorsement ^o.449/Y.0. dated t > list June
0 (jJU/W^KLd Clerk
A * ap /lu/ / * / a ^n the* absaffce of 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.

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The file contains correspondence relating to several complaint cases investigated by the 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. , Bahrain. They include: the desertion of his wife by a Kuwaiti subject in 1930; the recovery of money owing to a divorced wife by her ex-husband in 1931; the alleged seizure of goods from the vessel of a Kuwaiti Nakhoda [captain or master] who had run aground in Qatar in 1934; the non-payment of a business debt to a British Indian merchant of Kuwait, by a Bahrain merchant in 1936; and the release from imprisonment in Bahrain of a convicted Government of India employee, in 1949.

The correspondence also includes copies of the printed annual statement of accounts for Kuwait Municipality for the period 1936-1939, which are in Arabic.

The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agents for Kuwait and Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

There are also several petitions and witness statements made by the claimants and their representatives, including several in Arabic and one in Persian. There are also several letters in Arabic from the Ruler of Kuwait to the 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 about some of the complaints under investigation.

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1 file (100 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-101 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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