'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
IOR/R/15/5/202
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The record is made up of 1 file (223 folios). It was created in 16 Apr 1937-25 Mar 1948. 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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This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of silk into India by a number of Kuwaiti traders.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India (mainly in Karachi), the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations) as well as correspondence with a number of the traders that were accused of smuggling.
The file also contains the following:
- Four Certificates of Identity that were issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait to the Kuwaiti traders involved (folios 32-33, 43 and 175).
- An English translation of an article that appeared in the Iraqi newspaper, al-Nas on 10 September 1937 concerning the removal of visas from a number of Kuwaiti subjects (folios 63-64).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (223 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-225, and ff 2-208; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Former external reference(s)
- File 4/17
- Date(s)
- 16 Apr 1937-25 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 31r:31v
- Author
- Salih, Khan Bahadur Mulla
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 46r:46v, 50r:50v, 55r:55v, 108r:110v, 127r:127v, 147r:147v, 149r:149v, 161r:161v, 173r:173v, 176r:176v, 184r:185v, 201r:202v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 62r:64v
- Author
- Habib, Mohammed
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 95r:95v
- Author
- Yusuf Sagar Abdulla
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 96r:96v
- Author
- Shah, Hasan bin Ali
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 114r:114v
- Author
- Al Marzooq, Yousuf
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 191r:191v
- Author
- Khan, Abdul Rahim Ali
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 192r:194v
- Author
- Khan, Abdul Rahim Ali
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 207r:207v
- Author
- al Menayes, Abdulla Al Abdulaziz
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 214r:214v
- Author
- Saleh, Abdulla Mulla xx Salih, Abdulla Mulla xx Abdullah Saleh Al Mulla
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 219r
- Author
- Cable and Wireless Ltd (xx Imperial and International Communications Limited)
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 35r:35v42r:42v
- Author
- Government of Kuwait
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- 32r, 33r, 43r, 175r
- Author
- Unknown
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title
- 'File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32v, 33v:42v, 43v:45v, 47r:49v, 51r:54v, 56r:61v, 65r:94v, 97r:107v, 111r:113v, 115r:126v, 128r:146v, 148r:148v, 150r:160v, 162r:172v, 174r:174v, 175v, 177r:183v, 186r:190v, 195r:200v, 203r:206v, 208r:213v, 215r:218v, 219v:226v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence