Page 11 - PERSIAN 9 1941_1947

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In spite of the troubles® raging throuj^hout the world tht

Paroian Oulf enjoyed alnoat perfect peace throughout 1941 and
indood very few lnoldenta of any kind ooourred to whloh it is
noccoBary to oall attention* Trade was restricted through lack
of chipping hut the Arab State a continued to receive an adequate

supply of food-atuffa, though pricea rose considerably. There
was famine and deotitution on the Persian Coast towards the end
of the year but the Arab State a aa a whole enjoyed peace and
prosperity throughout and Kuwait in particular experienced a

boor® owing to the increased freights earned by her ocean-going
dhows,
There was also internal peace and no inter-tribal fight­
ing of any inportance took place. At sea the breakdown of the

administration in Persia caused a revival of the arms traffic
on a very Ecall scale and a few rifle□ of anoient date were
exported from the Arab to the Persian Coast* Towards tho end
of the year one or two acts of piraoy wore attributed to Hlrza

ibn Barkat of Jaok and Fujairah and the same poroon is also
believed to have carried off some Baluchi children fron the
Persian ooaat for sale as slaves in the interior of Arabia,

In Beoember a moating took place at Raudhat al Quauma, a
shooting camp in Saudi Arabian territory not for from the Kuwait
border,between His Hajesty King Abdul Aziz and the Shaikhs of
Bahrain and Kuwait* This meeting is not believed to have had

any particular political elgnifloanoe•
In Kuwait political calm has reigned and the Shaikh oo-
operated to hi a utmost In the war effort* In Kay the Iraqi Post
Offloe was olocod and the postal business taken ovor by Kooers*

Cable and Wireless Limited on bohalf of the Indian Posts and
Telegraphs Department* In Dooember the Shaikh conoluded aa

agreement with the Imperial Bank of Iran for tht opening of a
brimoh of that Bank In Kuwait*