File 1855/1904 Pt 1-2 'Koweit.'

Content

The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait].

Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/47/1) concerns the installation (and temporary withdrawal) of a 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. at Kuwait.

Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/47/2) concerns proposals for, and the eventual establishment of, a Post Office in Kuwait.

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the volume; the Secret, (later Political and Secret) Department minute/reference papers, which enclose those documents, are dated 1904-15.

Extent and format

1 volume (298 folios)

It is grouped into

File 1855/1904 Pt 1 'Koweit:- H.M. Govt and Political Agent at Koweit. (Representations from Turkish Govt & temporary withdrawal of Agent.)'

352 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/47/1

File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'

240 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/47/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1855 (Koweit [Kuwait]) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/47-51. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, parts 6, 7, and 8 comprising the fourth volume, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the fifth volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 300; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/47

Former external reference(s)

P 1855/1904 Pt 1 P 1855/1904 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

1899-1915 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Koweit

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilPolitical Resident, Persian GulfPolitical Agent, Kuwait

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