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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [151r] (352/836)
The record is made up of 1 file (420 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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AMERICAN MISSION HOSPITAL
MUTRAH. OMAN
S.E. ARABIA
VIA BOMBAY
JvLhr 15th. f 42.
4k Major Tom Hikkinbothem,
'The British Consulate,
|l Kuwait, Arabia.
Dear Major Hikkinbotham,
I have intended to write to you
for some time but our mutual friend Shaikh Earned bin
^aarned , the *-ali of Musanaa , who is a patient here
has forced me to write to you today. Me was stricken
with a paralvtic stroke twenty days age 9 but instead of
allowing himself to be cauterized and generally mauled
by the old women of his household he immediately sent
for us. I was away on tour in Sur but my indian assistart
went for him in our car and brought him in. By the time
T returned from Sur a few days ago he was almost fully
recr red. He walks about and is in good spirits again.
He will leave the hospital today and will go to his
ancestral home in ^adi Smmayal for a long rest. M©
asked me to write to you and ask you to send him a
6 volt battery for his radio. i 'he radio has been repaired
and has b en waiting in Karachi to be sent back. I belief!
Mr. Felly, the S r itish Consul has wired to Karachi asking
someone there to speed it on its way to Muscat. He
can’t get a battery here and my efforts to get one for
him from India or Bahrain have not been fruitful. H e
believes that you will be able to get one sent up here^
for him . He expects to pay whatever are the/ costs and
I have told him that the costs will be considerable.
However he is a real radio fan and is willing to pay
plenty to have his radio working again.
I am going to India on a. short leave
so if you can get a battery for the shaikn please send
it care of the Consulate sen d
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- Content
The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait.
The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods.
The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic.
The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (420 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 394 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 2A, 2B; ff. 11, 11A, 11B; ff. 13, 13A, 13B; ff. 32, 32A, 32B, 32C; ff. 36, 36A; ff. 37, 37A, 37B, 37C; ff. 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D, 42E, 42F, 42G; ff. 59A, 59B; ff. 84, 84A; ff. 86, 86A; ff. 95, 95A; ff. 127, 127A; ff. 131, 131A; 131B, 131C; ff. 149, 149A; ff. 247A, 247B: ff. 253, 253A; ff. 350, 350A; ff. 385, 385A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 166-169. The following pagination ranges occur: 78-79, 95A-95B, 118-119, 306-307. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 95A, 130, 347. A second, short foliation numbered 113-120 runs between ff. 16-23.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1030
- Title
- 'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
- Pages
- 151r:151v
- Author
- Thomas, Will
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