Author
an agent.
motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer
Publication Date
19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
105
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/4
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00039f
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
19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in retirement, and death in 1938. The file includes:
a copy of an office order entitled ‘Care of “Agency Launch” and “Sailing Boats”’, outlining Bayer’s duties as Inspector for the launch (ff 13-14);
notices dated 1943 relating to the status and movements of the Kuwait launch, the
Hugh Biscoe
(ff 81-83);
a list of motor launch equipment transferred between launch nakhudas (f 97).
Principal correspondents in the file include: 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; the Inspector of the Kuwait Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
launch (Cyril Bayer); Cyril Bayer’s brother, Maurice P Bayer.
Several of the file’s papers are in Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 102-106) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series: File I/34
