Author
Government of Iraq (correspondent) | Emir of Kuwait (correspondent) | King of Iraq (correspondent)
Publication Date
1939/1948
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Newspapers | Broadcasting | Zionism | Annexation (International law) | Propaganda | Arab nationalism | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
154
Physical Dimensions
1 volume (154 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00004a_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00004a_en | IOR/R/15/5/127
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000831.0x00004a_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1939/1948
Notes
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and confidential papers sent between British officials in the Gulf regarding Iraqi propaganda against Kuwait. Communications were made with former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Pasha al-Said and the Ruler of Kuwait, in this regard. The correspondence also contains reports about members of Al-Naqib family from Basra who were appointed as envoys from Baghdad with instructions to offer official advice to the Ruler of Kuwait. A particular name that appears in the volume is Sayid Hamid Bey Al-Naqib, Basra Deputy to the Ruler of Kuwait.The correspondence also discusses the following: the refusal by Ibn Saud of any form of unity between Iraq and Kuwait, the issue of encouraging Persian immigration to Kuwait, and the petitions raised by members of the Legislative Council in Kuwait, to the Political Agent, Kuwait, to assist in releasing political prisoners in Kuwait.The correspondence also contains letters and newspaper extracts regarding Khalid Sulaiman al-‘Adsani, Secretary of the dissolved Legislative Council in Kuwait, and about the Arab Youth movement called al-Ansar, which calls for Arab unity. Most of the correspondence in the volume (ff 2-136) is dated 1939.The main correspondence is between the British Embassy, Baghdad, the Political Agency, Kuwait, the Political Residency, Bushire, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, and the British Embassy, Jeddah. | 1 volume (154 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. | Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 156; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-154; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
