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File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’ [‎94r] (187/422)

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The record is made up of 1 file (209 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926. 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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To the Officiating Ruler of Kuwait.
,Vith reference to your letter dated the 1st RajaF"TT5?> ,R -^Lative to
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the revolver, which yoior man * Abdullah bin i^.V -Ali only brousht
fo me to-day, I v/as ^oing to have written to Y.E, on the subject
in any case.
il, late Interpreter, Ibrahim, had a revolver which, as Y«S 0 is
probably awa.re, was stolen from him over a year ago. On
Wednesday evening my Engineer, tTamil, saw a dallal in the suq with
a revolver in his hand which at once struch him as being so like
tre one stolen from Ibrahim that his suspicion was aroused and he
took it from the dallal. On Thursday morning he telegraphed to
lorahim asking him to telegraph * the number of his missing
revolver, and he refilled the same day ti^t it was No. 252161, which
is the number on the revolver in ’question.
I have carefully ascertained from the telegraph office that Jamil
sent no other telegram to Ibrahim except the one in which he asked
him to wire the number of the revolver, and that neither he nor
anyone else sent him any telegram from which he could possibly know
what the number on the revolver was. I think', therefore, that Y.S.
v/ili agree tuat uliere can be little jioubt tnao the revolver is the
one which was stolen from Ibrahim, though I have no doubt that your
man Aoaullah bought it in all good faith.
To make absolutely certain, however, I have telegraphed to the
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah, under whom Ibrahim is now
serving, asking him to ask him several further particulars about
it and also to Mr D*Hello, who was in charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at the
ti le oi the theft asking him what he remembers of it, and will write
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again when I receive their replies. Jamil has, of course, handed
over the revolver to me, and, if you agree, I will keep it till then.
It was i\/rong of Jamil to take the revolver from the dallal without
first obtaining your permission to do so through me and I regret
that he should have done so*

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The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian foreign residents and reported by the victims to 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. . Both the perpetrators and victims of these crimes include Government of India staff employed at the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Kuwait Post Office. The main correspondents are Major James Carmichale More, 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 and Shaikh Salim ab-Subah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak], Emir of Kuwait, whose letter exchanges are in Arabic, together with English translations. Some of the petitions and letters of complaint submitted by the victims to 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. , are written in Arabic and in a very few cases, in Persian.

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1 file (209 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.

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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 211; 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 between ff 1-210; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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