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'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.' [45r] (96/464)
The record is made up of 1 volume (228 folios). It was created in Nov 1904-21 Oct 1922. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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Kcweit, 1 tth. Oct© 1909.
T© f
in charge ^^eaidency,
ZIt,
* Lave tb.c Lencnr t« rejcrt tLo sub-
-atabce f a ccnvaraaticn wbicb JLeikL Mnbara
a few days ago
-k Laid witL me ©n tLe affairs ©f tbe JLoikL
of MrLammerab in case it may prove of interos/"
to u rvornmont #
2 . Itappears that shortly after Wajor
Cox 1 a las^t visit to hammerxh Jheikh KLazal
called together the Loa,d men of his tribes
and d is classed with them the advantages of
definitely binding himself to the British
by a document , which evidently from Jheikh
Mubarak 1 s description was intended to be
a rognalr treaty on more or less equal terms*
The headmen of the tribes were very averse
to any such proposal pointing cut that though
they might make a treajry and so avoid Persian
and Turkish interference in their affairs the//
i
would bo subjected to endless interference
from the ^ritish who would little by little
reduce them and their Cheikh^kcazal^t'' the
condition of Bahrein , whore nww nothing was
possible without the ’order 1 tf the Political
Agent l thay comld aee no c< mpensating ad~
-vantage in such an arrangement ii especially
as at present they found fy&fa ^ combination
of all the near Arab tribes could make things
so unpleasant for either Persians *r Turks
that Mohammerah generally secured its own
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, notes, pedigrees, news extracts and telegrams. The correspondence is mainly related to the ruling family in Kuwait. Reports were sent between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bushire regarding the following: political and social news in Kuwait; events concerning the al-Subah family (death, marriage or illness); news of Shaikh Mubarak’s coalition with Shaikh Khaz‘al against a number of tribes in the region; and reports on incidents taking place at Mohammerah, as well as news of the status of a number of Islands, such as Warba, which were claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait.The file contains extracts from the Bahrain and Kuwait News, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. reports about Shaikh Mubarak’s dispute with his pearl towashes (pearlers or pearl merchants), and an article (folios 219-224) on Shaikh Ahmad’s visit to London in 1919. It also contains a number of pedigrees of the al-Subah family.
The file also includes correspondence related to the number of gun salutes due to chiefs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The main correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and the British Consul at Mohammerah.
Due to the random arrangement of the papers in the file, the earliest paper (dated Nov 1904) is found at f 144, and the latest (dated Oct 1922) is found at f 135.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (228 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers appear to be arranged randomly within the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 230; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 4-227; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
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- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:17v, 18ar:18av, 18r:49v, 50ar, 50r:67v, 70r:71r, 76r:95r, 96r:106v, 108r:143v, 145r:147v, 149r:156v, 157ar:157av, 157r:160v, 162r, 163r:164r, 165r:168r, 169ar, 169r:175v, 177r:186v, 192r:193r, 194r:194v, 197r:198v, 201r:202v, 205r:206r, 207ar, 207r:208r, 209r:212v, 216r:225v, 227r:229v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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