'File 16/00 Letters of good offices' [34r] (65/270)
The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1928-5 Nov 1931. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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No. £5^
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political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait.
Bated the 18th March 1929.
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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.
,
Bahrain.
Memorandum
His Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait has asked me to
give the hearer ‘Ahdur piahman bin Zaid al-Khalid a letter
of introduction to you. He is going to aB Agent
to Messrs Fahd al-Khalid and Brothers to recover debts from
certain persons there.
I shall be glad if you will afford him your good
offices in the matter should he stand in need of them.
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.
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The file contains correspondence regarding providing letters of good offices. These were sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait, 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. Agent in Sharjah, merchants and rulers of the Gulf. The sender would raise a case to the recipient and ask for his help mostly in mediating between the sender and another person. Most of the raised cases relate to starting up debt recovery proceedings for sums of money as little as 4 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and as much as 7,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , in 1928 to 1931. The claimants are merchants, sailors and others living in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar or Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Claimants’ letters are mainly in Arabic and occasionally in Persian.
The main correspondence is between 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. Agent in Sharjah, 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. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, and Gulf Rulers.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (136 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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 was also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1492
- Title
- 'File 16/00 Letters of good offices'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:5v, 7r:9v, 12r:14v, 19r:21v, 23r:23v, 25r:26v, 32r:32v, 34r:38v, 40r:43v, 45r:45v, 47r:48v, 50r:50v, 52r:52v, 55r:55v, 60r:61v, 64r:71v, 73r:73v, 78r:79v, 81r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:95v, 97r:102v, 105r:110v, 113r:114v, 117r:121v, 123r:124v, 126r:133v, 135r:137v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence