Author
Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file
Publication Date
13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
139
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/204
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0000c3
Library Location
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.
Date
13 May 1937-29 Sep 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of tea into Iraq from India and Ceylon by Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file, more general information concerning the importation of tea from India into Kuwait is also contained, including details of the Kuwaiti merchants involved in this trade.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India, the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait and the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations).
The file also contains a copy, in both Arabic original and English translation, of a petition that was sent to Ruler of Kuwait from several Kuwaiti merchants that were active in the tea trade on 15 January 1938 (folios 39-40).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 4/19
