'File 4/16 Exclusion of Prosperous Indians from Kuwait'
Date:
1936/1939
Description:
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Political Residency in Bushire regarding whether or not a number of Indian merchants should be allowed to resettle in Kuwait (having been expelled from Iraq and Iran) and the Ruler of Kuwait's aversion to this eventuality.On folios 6-14 the file contains details of an incident from 1937 in which a British Indian subject who was resident in Kuwait was falsely accused of selling cat meat at his restaurant and subsequently left the country.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.