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IOR/R/15/1/549

Record Id:
040-000228004
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000227427
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020a
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100024192155.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/549
Title:
File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms
Scope & Content:

This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal political developments in Kuwait and concerning its relationship with Iraq.

The correspondence discusses the impact in Kuwait of Iraqi radio broadcasts and newspaper articles that were critical of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ (the ruler of Kuwait) and his decision to dissolve the country's legislative council that had been formed in 1938.

The correspondence also discusses Shaikh Aḥmad's creation of a representative advisory council composed of five members of the Al Sabah family and nine notable merchants.

The file contains an account of the arrest of a Kuwaiti subject named Ahmad bin Munaij and his subsequent conviction as a traitor and public execution (f 59).

Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000228004
Is part of:
IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait

 

IOR/R/15/1/549 : File 53/99 II (D 149) Kuwait Reforms
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0079]/040-000228004
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020a
Thumbnail:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1939
End Date:
1939
Date Range:
23 Feb 1939-13 Jul 1939
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:

Condition: A bound correspondence volume.

Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 217.

Former External References:
A Series: 53/99 II
Confidential Series: D 149
Arrangement:

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Serial numbers in red crayon refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)