Coll 35/16A 'Kuwait Air Mail services'

Content

The file concerns arrangements for the delivery of airmail between UK and Kuwait, and between Kuwait and Iraq.

The file contains correspondence between the UK General Post Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the 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. , and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

1 file (18 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. There are notes at the beginning of the file, on folio 2. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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.

Written in

English 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/12/4121

Former external reference(s)

Coll 35/16A

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Jan 1948-19 Mar 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Wireless telegraphyMail carriers

Places

IraqKuwait

People & organisations

Persian Gulf Political ResidencyCommonwealth Relations OfficeForeign OfficeGeneral Post Office

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Coll 35/16A 'Kuwait Air Mail services', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4121, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002bb> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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