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'File XVI/4. Establishment of a Quarantine Station at Kuwait' [24r] (47/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (97 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1907-25 Apr 1912. It was written in English. 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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scheme sketched out in letter no, 4"3 . dated I’/12/07
is received and to Live the people of ^oweit and the Sheik
time to realize that we could to a larLe extent enforce
quarantine independently of them , A ver^ £reat step in
advance would have be en taken and we miLht well rest
satisfied for a time with the happ., -LO-iuck* shorearranLe-
ment-s of the present da u 9 ^ontil that lesson had been
thoroutly learnt. .
tq # ^ it.h special reference to Captain illiams ’ remarks
in the final portion of his note ( 2 ) re. the exempt.ion of
T st • Glass passengers , T would be Lreat.ly interestedto
learn how the difficulty raised by Article 30 (i) of the
Sanitary Convent.ion of ^aris of • could op laid ,
ih.is is no captious criticism, for it. has frec uentiy occur>~
red ho me that , if it were not for that clause , Icould
enforce fuarantine in the peculiar local condition- o t
A oweit with one tenth of the difficulties now find ra* self
striL£linL with «
TT • I have no tenderness for Europeans passenLers and
would cheerfully submit- to (u_arantine restrictions my self
but if it were possible fo^local doctor to tell important
Arab merchants and Sheiklints whom he Imew and could recot
nize that they would be excused quarantine on the slight
penalty of an afternoon call at the hospital for a -rie..
medical examination , half our difficulties would be over.
^ ' r t woul d^under stood that unless our requirements weie
complied with , the indulgence would another time be
forbidden to each offender . The friendship of theassistan^T
sun,eon would then be a cherished boon and his influence
immensely increased and we miLht confidently hope to have
the bi, men on our side in^ead of gainst us and in -oweit
only the bi L men count. Special!, important personages
mi^ ht. even be visited at their houses.
I have the honour to be
Sir
Tour most obedient servant ,
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This file contains correspondence 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 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. in Bushire related to the establishment of a quarantine station at Kuwait after an outbreak of plague in Bahrain. In particular, the file contains correspondence on some disagreements with the ruler of Kuwait regarding the establishment of the station. The file's various letters also contain discussions on compliance with the Paris Sanitary Convention on quarantine regulations and the Ottoman government's demands for compliance with them.
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- 1 file (97 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-85; 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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- IOR/R/15/5/52
- Title
- 'File XVI/4. Establishment of a Quarantine Station at Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:96v, 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