'File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade'
- Date:
- 1917/1919
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to enforce a blockade of Kuwait and to regulate all of its imports and exports. Much of the correspondence also relates more broadly to British-Kuwaiti relations and to the attitude of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.A memorandum compiled by Robert Edward Hamilton, the British Political Agent in Kuwait and entitled 'Situation in Kuwait' is contained on folios 25-35. This memorandum discusses the political situation in Kuwait and the British authorities' rationale for enforcing a blockade.On folios 131-138, the file contains a report written by the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Percy Gordon Loch entitled 'Report on institution and working of the Blockade at Kuwait'. This report provides a detailed summary of all the events that are discussed in the file.Physical description: Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 62 and 62A; 109 and 109A
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Economic sanctions
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e7_en
IOR/R/15/1/514
IOR/R/15/1/514