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File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’ [147r] (293/422)
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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No dated 27th August
H # E. Shaikh Ahmad al-J&bir as-Subah, Ruler of j£uwkit #
A. C.
I regret to have to bring to Y.E’s notice a case of assault on
the permanent employe" of a British firm by two of Y.E’s watchmen.
It*appears that last night at about a o’clock the bearer, Kirsa
fthulam ’’All head clerk of kessra Uie Mesopotamia Persia Corporation
was. walking in tlie bafah and heard someone call out but did not
realize that it was he who was being addressed; the watchman who had
called then called out again and he saw that it was him they were
calling and at once stopped. The watchmen of wheat there were two
asked him why he had not stopped when told to, and he explained
that he had not known they were speaking to him. They then told him
t* go home at once, and he asked them why he should have to as other
people were about and shops fit ill open. The two men thereupon beat
him and tore his shirt. As far as I can see Mirza Ghulam ’All was
doing nothing wrong, but that is a minor point, and what I am
complaining to X.E. of is the fact that the permanent employe of a
British firm should he beaten by watchmen who have no authority to
do so. Had he been doing anything wrong. It was obviously the
watchmen’s duty to report tk& matter to their superiors, and not te
take the law into their own. hands. As I am sure that Y.E. will never
tolerate the maltreatment of the employes of British firms, I shall
be grateful if X.E* will personally inquire into the matter and
punish the delinquents in a suitable manner. I'irza Ghnlum All can
Identify his two assailants.
U.E 0
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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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- IOR/R/15/5/20
- Title
- File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 13r:13v, 15r:17v, 19r:29v, 31r:36v, 38r:39v, 41r:42v, 44r:46v, 48r:48v, 52r:52v, 54r:54v, 56r:60v, 63r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:95v, 97r:107v, 108v:111v, 113r:113v, 145r:148v, 150r:150v, 152r:152v, 155r:162v, 164r:179v, 181r:192v, 194r:197v, 199r:210v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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