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Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’ [19r] (37/40)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1932-7 Sep 1936. 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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Dear Colville,
A friend of nine employed by the An^lo Persian
Oil CO. at present residing in the protectorate of Kuwait in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
writes to me that Sheik of that Island or
Country, whichever it is, would like particulars of small
cabin aircraft of British moke with a view to purchase.
I wonder if your Department could obtain iron the De Haviland
Aircraft Co., The General Aircraft coinpany of croydon, and
similar firms, particulars that the ahoik asks for and send
them to him by Air Mail. The full name and address are:-
*
Sheik Sir Ahmed al Jaber as subah.,
K»C«X«E., C.S.I.,
Kuwait,
via Baarah,
Iraq.
yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) Alfred Beit.
Major D. Colville, M#P.,
Secretary of the Depart tent of overseas nt rnde.
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The file contains correspondence related to an enquiry made by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, regarding the purchase of a private aircraft. The practical and political aspects of this request are considered by some of the correspondents: the Air Ministry, the Department of Overseas Trade, the 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. , and the 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 Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (18 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1971
- Title
- Coll 5/24 ‘Purchase of a small cabin aircraft by the Sheikh of Koweit’
- Pages
- 19r:19v
- Author
- Beit, Sir Alfred, 2nd Baronet
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- Public Domain