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'File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21' [‎6v] (12/194)

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The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921. 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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This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity, quantity, and value in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Most of the trade tables record imports but a few also record exports from Kuwait. The few letters that precede the records pertain to an exchange between the Ruler of Kuwait, Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and 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. in Kuwait.

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1 file (95 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 97; 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 2-96; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21' [‎6v] (12/194), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/76, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100034879566.0x00000d> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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