'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
IOR/R/15/5/54
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The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in 23 Jan 1917-23 Jul 1918. 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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The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid.
The file includes ten letters in Arabic and their translations as well as a list of debts and assets (folio 2). The main correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer, Basrah (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak); and the 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 (Robert Edward Hamilton, Percy Gordon Loch); the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
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- 1 file (33 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence written in blue crayon.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Former external reference(s)
- XIX/6
- Date(s)
- 23 Jan 1917-23 Jul 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Title
- 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Pages
- 30r:30v
- Author
- Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited
- Copyright
- ©Inchcape plc
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Title
- 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Pages
- 3r:3v, 7r:7v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Title
- 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Pages
- 25r:25v, 31r:31v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Title
- 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:6v, 8r:24v, 26r:29v, 32r:32v, 33, 33
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
