Publication Date
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
95
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/76
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000017
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
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity, quantity, and value in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. Most of the trade tables record imports but a few also record exports from Kuwait. The few letters that precede the records pertain to an exchange between the Ruler of Kuwait, Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and 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.
in Kuwait.
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)
First Series: File 27/12 IV
