Publication Date
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
230
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/161
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00008c
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
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtaining the details of how much such ventures would cost and which firms could possibly oversee their construction. The papers also contain letters from various Kuwaiti merchant contractors and the Kuwait Oil Company relating to the construction of a pipeline from the oil company to Kuwait's principal settlement.
The file also contains early maps of Kuwait's geology used to ascertain the viability of groundwater.
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)
Second Series subject files: 2/8 II
