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File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’ [156r] (311/422)
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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One ’Aii tin Yusuf Somali of Kismayu has come
and gives the following statement:- - *
"I had golden ornaments with me which I purchased
from Zanzibar two years ago for the sum of Rs.1565/-
vhen I was working as a hoy for Captain William ^one
of the Civil Officers> with the intention of tailing them
home with me when I go to Kisirsayu e But I did not go
there hut went to Sur and then to Muscat in a sailing
craft where I remained for^few days and then I went
to Dubai and^orked the whole winter of last year as
a sailor and. then came to gahrain and worked with one
Jum 1 ah al-Kauli all the time 0 Five days ago I came from
Bahrain in a sailing craft and as I was in need of
some money I took out the ascstat ornaments for sala e
These I gave to one dallal to sell for me^Shaikh*
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Sub ah who h append to see them took them .and said uhat
he is showing them to xl 0 E.the Shaikh cl went to him
the next day and asked him to givqrme the olaments but
he said that they were with H # E e I xacgiaat again went
to him this morning when he said to me that they were
taken'by H.E 0 and in case I want I can put a complaint
before 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.
, Kuwait about them.The
d&liacBrxataifltxist the name of the dallai I took from him-
the ornaments at Zanzibar is Farih of Yaman while the
name of the one I gave him to sell is Ibrahim,
at
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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)
- Arrangement
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 View the complete information for this record
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence