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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [37r] (82/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924. 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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D.O. Uo 9 3S-S
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K U W Jx I T*
£ tli February Aw24.
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I whs very plea a eel to your D.O. ^o.'^.-S of 2 S th Jan.,
and to learn that you are taking up tiie question of the Kuwait
Post m Tele^raiJh Off is© a^ain.
I agree entirely with what you say about the absurdity of
its being run by ’Iraq, and, as you know, I have always disliked
It. The threat to raise the telegraph!® rate to Baghdad If
Kuwait became an Indian telegraph office, which made me think
twice in dv'U (see siy ne&ior&ndusn No.7 iJ/iC/i of A-iS-ii), now
leaves ne quite cold, as I do not supjiose 1 send a dozen wires
to ’Iraq a year now, and the reduction in postage would more
than compensate for that.
I think that not only I, but the general public of Kuwait
as well, would welcome the proposed change. The only loss they
woult suffer would be the Inc reus eu rates for telegr^ me a tun.
letters to ’Iraq amt the facility for tele^ra.hdng in Arabic
to Iraq, but in ail other respects they would score, and trie
establishment of an efficient Money Order service with India
alone would be worth the change (at present the honey Order
service - except to * Iraq - is so slow as to be almost useless
There would, I di\re say, be some alight administrative
difficulties to be overcome, out no unsurmountab!e ones: e.g.
I presume the Indo-European Telegraph Department would then
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.
The principal topics discussed are:
- A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.
- Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.
- The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.
- `Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.
- Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.
- Ikhwan movements, 1924.
- RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.
The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/97
- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence