File 1855/1904 Pt 9-10 'Koweit'

Content

The volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]:

• Part 9 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/1) concerns the rights of the Ruler of Kuwait to the islands of Bubiyan, Warba, and Umkasr [Umm Qaşr].
• Part 10 (IOR/L/PS/10/51/2) concerns the Ruler of Kuwait's relations with the Ottoman Empire, and his properties at Fao [Al Fāw] and Fadaghia.

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 Department minute papers, which enclose those documents, are dated 1904-07.

Extent and format

1 volume (314 folios)

It is grouped into

File 1855/1904 Pt 9 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikhs claim to Bubiyan, Warba & Umkasr'

228 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/51/1

File 1855/1904 Pt 10 'Koweit:- Relations with Turkey. Sheikh's properties at Fao and Fadaghia'

398 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/51/2

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

Condition: there is evidence that two folios have been removed from this volume between ff 1-2 and ff 200-201; staining on folio 238 has caused the ink to fade and adversely affected the legibility of the text.

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 314; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front cover, and one leading flyleaf have not been foliated.

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/10/51

Former external reference(s)

P 1855/1904 Pt 9 P 1855/1904 Pt 10

History of this record

Date(s)

1903-1912 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Koweit

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfEmir of KuwaitPolitical Agent, KuwaitHM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire

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