IOR/R/15/5/1

Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox):

• a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, and Knox’s plans to build a house for himself (ff 6-9);
• a reduction in allowance for Knox, imposed by the Government of India, and Knox’s objection to the reduction (ff 11-15);
• correspondence relating to the granting of privilege leave, and additional leave on medical grounds, to Knox (ff 16-19);
• correspondence concerning Knox’s early recall to Kuwait by the Foreign Office, before the completion of his leave entitlement, made in response to Shaikh Mubarak’s establishment of a post on Bubiyan [Jazīrat Būbiyān] (ff 20-27);
• further correspondence relating to pay and allowances for the Political Agent at Kuwait (ff 28-30).

An office note at the front of the file (f 3) states that further papers leading up to the appointment of a Political Agent at Kuwait can be found in early correspondence in the Kuwait Political Agency files X/I (IOR/R/15/5/24) and XXII/I (IOR/R/15/5/59).