'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
IOR/R/15/5/204
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The record is made up of 1 file (139 folios). It was created in 13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945. 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 tea into Iraq from India and Ceylon by Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file, more general information concerning the importation of tea from India into Kuwait is also contained, including details of the Kuwaiti merchants involved in this trade.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India, 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).
The file also contains a copy, in both Arabic original and English translation, of a petition that was sent to Ruler of Kuwait from several Kuwaiti merchants that were active in the tea trade on 15 January 1938 (folios 39-40).
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- 1 file (139 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 141; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Former external reference(s)
- File 4/19
- Date(s)
- 13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 4r:4v, 7r:7v
- Author
- Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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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/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 21r:21v, 32r:32v, 36r:36v, 110r:110v, 122r:122v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 22r:22v, 31r:31v, 36r:36v, 48r:48v, 51r:51v, 110r:110v, 122r:122v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 33r:33v
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- Unknown
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 34r:35v
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- Unknown
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 37r:37v, 39r:40v, 49r:49v
- Author
- Yusuf bin Issa
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 37r:37v, 39r:40v, 49r:49v
- Author
- Sulaiman, Sayid Ali Sayid
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 37r:37v, 39r:40v, 49r:49v
- Author
- Abdul, Abdul Karim
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 85r:86v
- Author
- Indian Tea Licencing Committee
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 91r:92v
- Author
- Al-Ya‘qub, Yusaf bin Jasim
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 111r:112v, 118r:118v, 127r:132v, 134r:136v
- Author
- Government of Kuwait
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 120r:120v
- Author
- Ilm-ud-din
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- 26r:26v
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- Unknown
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:20v, 23r:25v, 27r:30v, 38r:38v, 41r:47v, 50r:50v, 52r:84v, 87r:90v, 93r:109v, 113r:117v, 119r:119v, 121r:121v, 123r:126v, 133r:133v, 137r:140v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence