Author
rail).
Subsequently
Publication Date
10 Jun 1938-26 Oct 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
230
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/208
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0000cb
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
10 Jun 1938-26 Oct 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait, Iraq, Britain and India concerning the political implications and practical logistics regarding a proposal to construct a port under Iraqi control in Kuwaiti territory (and a related proposal to link the port to Basra by rail).
Subsequently, the correspondence discusses an alternative plan to construct temporary port facilities for military use at Umm Qasr in Iraq, that was eventually followed instead. As well as the details of these specific proposals, the correspondence also discusses relations between Iraq and Kuwait, and Britain's position in both countries.
The majority of the correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait (in Arabic with English translations).
The file also contains a record of a conversation between Foreign Office officials and the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs during a meeting held at the Foreign Office in London on 4 October 1938 (folios 54-56).
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 4/22 I
