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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)' [165r] (380/836)
The record is made up of 1 file (420 folios). It was created in 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950. 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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dear Colonel,
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Kuwait,
26th august ,1942.
Please refer to my deoii-official letter No,C/8H-
27/41, dated, the 26th August, 1942,
2. The position of 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.
here is much the
same as that of a family doctor. He has no authority in the
household while the family health is good, though much can be
done by good advice at the appropriate time; his control
commences at the onset of a disease and rises with the
temperature of the patient. To make too many enquiries while
the family is well is licuflo tv bo construed as interference
and resented.
Most people loath tc call in a doctor while they
see hope of unaided recovery especially if a contributory
cause of the indisposition is their own want of care. They
are particularly unwilling to take their troubles to a locum
tenens actiry^ for a short time and they prefer to mit,
though the malady increase^, until their family friend and
councellcr returns. He realising the danger of delay calls
in the specialist when the patient is already in extremis.
The Hon’ble Lt. Col. /.H. Hay,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian bulf.
Camp Bahrain.
Yours sincerely.
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- Content
The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as 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.
The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods.
The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic.
The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
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- 1 file (420 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 394 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1A, 1B; ff. 2A, 2B; ff. 11, 11A, 11B; ff. 13, 13A, 13B; ff. 32, 32A, 32B, 32C; ff. 36, 36A; ff. 37, 37A, 37B, 37C; ff. 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 42D, 42E, 42F, 42G; ff. 59A, 59B; ff. 84, 84A; ff. 86, 86A; ff. 95, 95A; ff. 127, 127A; ff. 131, 131A; 131B, 131C; ff. 149, 149A; ff. 247A, 247B: ff. 253, 253A; ff. 350, 350A; ff. 385, 385A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 166-169. The following pagination ranges occur: 78-79, 95A-95B, 118-119, 306-307. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 95A, 130, 347. A second, short foliation numbered 113-120 runs between ff. 16-23.
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- Title
- 'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2ar:2bv, 3r:6v, 8r:9v, 11r:13v, 13ar:13bv, 14r:29v, 31r, 32r:32v, 32ar:32av, 32cr:32cv, 33r:36v, 36ar:36av, 38r:42v, 42ar:42gv, 43r:44v, 45v:54v, 57r:58v, 59ar:59bv, 60r:68v, 75r:78r, 80r:84v, 84ar:84av, 92r:92v, 97r:102v, 103v:105v, 110r:110v, 111v:114v, 115v:118v, 120r:120v, 121v, 123r:123v, 128r, 131ar:131cv, 132r:135v, 137r:138v, 142r:142v, 150r:150v, 153r:155v, 157r:159v, 162r:162v, 165r:165v, 171r:171v, 172v:174v, 175v, 178r:179v, 181r:190v, 192r:194v, 196r:196v, 198r:200v, 201v:202v, 205v, 207v, 209r:211v, 213r:214v, 215v:218v, 219v, 220v, 221v:222v, 225r:226v, 227v, 231v, 233v:234v, 235v:236v, 237v, 238v:241v, 245r:246v, 247av:247bv, 249r:249v, 252r:253v, 253av, 254r:255v, 257r:257v, 259r:261v, 263r:265v, 266v:269v, 272r:273v, 274v, 276r:276v, 277v, 278v:279r, 280v:282v, 287v:288v, 289v:290v, 291v:293v, 294v:295v, 296v:297v, 298v:301v, 303r:303v, 304v, 308r:309v, 310v, 312r:313v, 314v:315v, 316v:317v, 318v:321v, 322v, 323ar:323av, 325r:327v, 328v:329v, 331r:332v, 333v:334v, 337r:338v, 339v:342v, 344r:345v, 347v:348v, 350r:350v, 350ar:350av, 351r:351v, 352v:356v, 359r:363v, 371r:371v, 374r:375v, 380v:381v, 382v, 383v:385v, 385ar:385av, 386r:393v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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