Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/220 'Kuwait: General Relations with'
- Date:
- 1944/1945
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns Kuwait affairs.The papers include a report dated 9 May 1944, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, on a visit to Kuwait. The report includes details of conversations between Prior and the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], covering education, the oil industry, Major Frank Holmes, a statement by the Shaikh that Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] had been encouraging him to get rid of his British oil company (the Kuwait Oil Company) and replace it with an American one, the Shaikh's estates in Iraq, his investiture [as Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI)?], the presence of Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force) in Kuwait, and an attempt by the Shaikh to present Prior with an expensive gift. The file also contains correspondence between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Political Resident, concerning the report of Ibn Saud's advice to the Shaikh.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 18; 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 2-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
Concessions, Oil, Kuwait
King of Saudi Arabia
Emir of Kuwait - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000217_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000217_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3964
IOR/L/PS/12/3964