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'File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer'

Title	'File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer'
Author	an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date:	1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng,ita
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	135
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/5/214
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x0000d1
Library Location	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.
Date	1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Government and was involved in smuggling weapons. Jafar was eventually expelled from Kuwait on the basis of these allegations and the correspondence in the file discusses this and his subsequent return to the country. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials of the Middle East Intelligence Centre in Cairo, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire. The file also contains copies of letters that were exchanged between Jafar and an Iraqi government official who was being held in a British internment camp following Britain's invasion and military occupation of Iraq in 1941. These letters are in Arabic and accompanied by English translations (folios 100-106). In addition to correspondence, the file also contains an April 1941 issue of Radio Araba di Bari , the monthly magazine of the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station, Radio Bari (folios 64-81) and a translation of an article about Kuwait that was published in al-Sayad , an Egyptian Arabic weekly magazine on 10 August 1948 (folio 119).
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	File 4/26

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'File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer'

Author an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and

Publication Date 1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng,ita

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 135

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/5/214

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x0000d1

Library Location 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.

Date 1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Government and was involved in smuggling weapons. Jafar was eventually expelled from Kuwait on the basis of these allegations and the correspondence in the file discusses this and his subsequent return to the country. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials of the Middle East Intelligence Centre in Cairo, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire. The file also contains copies of letters that were exchanged between Jafar and an Iraqi government official who was being held in a British internment camp following Britain's invasion and military occupation of Iraq in 1941. These letters are in Arabic and accompanied by English translations (folios 100-106). In addition to correspondence, the file also contains an April 1941 issue of Radio Araba di Bari , the monthly magazine of the Italian Government's Arabic language radio station, Radio Bari (folios 64-81) and a translation of an article about Kuwait that was published in al-Sayad , an Egyptian Arabic weekly magazine on 10 August 1948 (folio 119).

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

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

Eski Harici Referans(lar) File 4/26