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File 21/2 'Coal Depot at Koweit' [43r] (85/389)
The record is made up of 1 file (193 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1905-12 Jul 1917. 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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that Knox p'lt off Laffore f s oomint? %nd t*iat X told hir. that I
should Ilk© to aeo tho papers first before he arrived!!
The present is a particularly suitable time to begin any
bnilding at Shweikh f as my requirements for storing coal for
tho ^Lewis Pelly ,, are an urgent necessity now if she is to rtm
up to Pao ©very fortnight, and we could not want a better excuse
to do all the surveying and building we want*
But before we begin surveying and building we must lay
down exactly what ground we aro taking up under the Shwelkh
lease. Briefly our concession is a rectangular plot with the
long side of 7500 cubits along the sea and 600 cubits back in-
-land • As far as I understand the lease and from w&at Knox
explained to me verbally the Sheikh h ..s the right to include
in our rectangle a square of 300 cubits side on the sea line .
but the area of his present coal shed is excluded from both &ls
square and our rectangle. If I am oorreot this means that we
must take oar rectangle either to the west or east of his pro-
-sent coal-house as shown in the two sketches below, whichever
may suit ns beat , These sketches explain exactly what X under
-stood from Knox to be our two alternative sites.
North-west side referred to In lease
sea a e a
300 7200
,U
***4,
7200
300
600
7500
0# ti.
00 (U(sU-
7500
Area rented as by Arab measurement Is 7200 4^ 600 -f
7600-f 300 =» 15600 — (300 -i 300)
which leaves the leased Aength of 15000•
The above are not soale^but will probably give siii * icf nt
idea of aj moaning Af+tefc**
As everything depends on our making the best CAoioe be
-tween the two sites we must have a proper detailed survey of
*7£ro
at least yards on each aide of the Sheikh^ present ooal-
-heuse (taking a oubit to be 1^ ft) , and as far notth-westward
below high water mark as will give us the fullest information
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The file contains correspondence, together with several cost estimates and a few maps, relating to the planning and construction of a new British coal depot at Bandar Shweikh [Shwaykh] in Kuwait. The main correspondents are 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 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. , Bushire. Included in the file are letters and memoranda exchanged between the Resident and several Government of India officials, mainly in the Foreign and Political Department, and also Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. officials, mainly in the Department of Public Works.
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- 1 file (193 folios)
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File papers are arranged in approximate chronological order.
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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 195; 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.
Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-194; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/R/15/5/58
- Title
- File 21/2 'Coal Depot at Koweit'
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- front, front-i, 2r:63v, 67r:69v, 70v:74v, 76r:169v, 171r:183v, 185r:194v, 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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