Author
the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
8 Feb 1919-1 Apr 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
294
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/74
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000015
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
8 Feb 1919-1 Apr 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This volume primarily concerns the preparation and submission of annual trade reports. Most of the volume consists of copies of trade reports for Kuwait (for each financial year from 1917-1918 up to and including 1923-1924), which are submitted by 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.
, Kuwait [Captain Daniel Vincent McCollum, succeeded by Major James Carmichael More]. Each report provides a summary of the trade for that year; some of the reports discuss in greater detail the increase and decrease in trade of specific goods. Other details mentioned include those relating to the geographical extent and population size of Kuwait, its currency, its weights and measures, its shipping and navigation, and its transport.
Each report also includes in its tables of statistics the corresponding figures (i.e. quantities and values of goods) for the two preceding financial years, as well as the countries from/to which the principal articles were imported/exported.
The reports are submitted to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Bushire, for comments, before being submitted to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
again, as well as to the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; the Chief Collector of Customs in Sind, Karachi.
Also included are two letters (in Arabic) from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], to 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, plus the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's correspondence with both the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Steam Navigation Company Limited, Kuwait, and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, Kuwait, which primarily concerns rates of freight. The volume includes several items of correspondence that are written in Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series: File 27/12 II
