File 1855/1904 Pt 3-4 'Koweit'

Content

The volume contains parts 3 and 4 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait].

Part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/48/1) concerns the grant of a lease in October 1907 by the Shaikh of Kuwait [Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] to the British Government of land on the foreshore of Kuwait at Bunder Shweikh [Bandar Shawaykh].

Part 4 (IOR/L/PS/10/48/2) concerns the payment of loans to the Shaikh of Kuwait by the Government of India, 1904-1914.

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.

Extent and format

1 volume (270 folios)

It is grouped into

File 1855/1904 Pt 3 'Koweit:- Bunder Shweikh. Foreshore Case 1907.'

294 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/48/1

File 1855/1904 Pt 4 'Koweit:- Loans to Sheikh.'

242 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/48/2

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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 268; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the three leading and ending flyleaves.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/10/48

Former external reference(s)

P 1855/1904 Pt 3 P 1855/1904 Pt 4

History of this record

Date(s)

1901-1918 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Kuwait

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilEmir of KuwaitPolitical Agent, Kuwait

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