'File 27/12 II Kuwait Trade Reports from 1917-18 to 1923-24'

Content

This volume primarily concerns the preparation and submission of annual trade reports. Most of the volume consists of copies of trade reports for Kuwait (for each financial year from 1917-1918 up to and including 1923-1924), which are submitted by 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 [Captain Daniel Vincent McCollum, succeeded by Major James Carmichael More]. Each report provides a summary of the trade for that year; some of the reports discuss in greater detail the increase and decrease in trade of specific goods. Other details mentioned include those relating to the geographical extent and population size of Kuwait, its currency, its weights and measures, its shipping and navigation, and its transport.

Each report also includes in its tables of statistics the corresponding figures (i.e. quantities and values of goods) for the two preceding financial years, as well as the countries from/to which the principal articles were imported/exported.

The reports are submitted to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire, for comments, before being submitted to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. again, as well as to the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; the Chief Collector of Customs in Sind, Karachi.

Also included are two letters (in Arabic) from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], to 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. at Kuwait, plus the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's correspondence with both the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Steam Navigation Company Limited, Kuwait, and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, Kuwait, which primarily concerns rates of freight. The volume includes several items of correspondence that are written in Arabic.

Extent and format

1 volume (294 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 296; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-293; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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/R/15/5/74

Former external reference(s)

First Series: File 27/12 II

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Feb 1919-1 Apr 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Government of Sind, Collector of Customs, KarachiPolitical Resident, Persian GulfEmir of KuwaitGovernment of India, Foreign SecretarySecretary of State for Foreign AffairsAssistant to the Political Resident in the Persian GulfPersian Gulf Steam Navigation Company Limited

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