Yazar
the Iraq Government
Basım Tarihi
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Konu
1
Tür
Belge
Dil
ara,eng,fra
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
543
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000648.0x0002b2
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait.
The file contains:
Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29
Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Office at Kuwait, 1931
Proposed diversion of the Basrah-Kuwait telegraph line, 1931
Statements showing the expenditure and the income of Kuwait Post Office during the years 1926-35
Proposed establishment of wireless station at Kuwait to take the place of the existing Post and Telegraph Office administered by the Iraq Government, 1932-38
Proposed agreement between Kuwait and Iraq, concerning administration of Kuwait postal, telegraph and telephone services, 1932-33
Extract of commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Kuwait Oil Company, 1934
Participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme, 1939
Sharing of revenues between Kuwait and Iraq, 1940.
The file is composed of correspondence between: the High Commissioner for Iraq; 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 Director General of Post and Telegraphs for Iraq; the Government of India, the Foreign Office; 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.
; 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.
at Kuwait; the Ministry of Economics and Communications of Iraq; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq; the ruler of Iraq [King Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; the ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]; the British Embassy at Baghdad; Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-Gordon; Kuwait Oil Company; the Treasury; Frank C Strick and Company Limited; and Imperial and International Communications Limited.
There is a document in Arabic with English translation in the file, a letter from 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.
at Kuwait to the ruler of Kuwait, and the translation of an article, from the newspaper
Al-Bilad
. There is also a document in French, a letter from the Bureau International de l'Union Postale Universelle.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Coll 35/12