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'File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait'

Title	'File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait'
Author	Iraq-based Royal Air Force
Publication Date:	20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	221
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/5/181
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x0000a8
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	20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and ammunition) in 1929 and a related training programme that was delivered to a number of his men by Iraq-based Royal Air Force (RAF) officials in November of that year. The correspondence also covers his purchase of a saluting gun and desire to buy an aircraft. The main correspondents in the file are British officials from the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the RAF in Iraq, the 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. in Bushire and 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. officials in London. It also contains correspondence between 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, much of which is in Arabic (with translations in English).
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 4/3 I

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'File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait'

Author Iraq-based Royal Air Force

Publication Date 20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 221

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/5/181

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x0000a8

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 20 Jun 1929-4 Aug 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and ammunition) in 1929 and a related training programme that was delivered to a number of his men by Iraq-based Royal Air Force (RAF) officials in November of that year. The correspondence also covers his purchase of a saluting gun and desire to buy an aircraft. The main correspondents in the file are British officials from the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the RAF in Iraq, the 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. in Bushire and 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. officials in London. It also contains correspondence between 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, much of which is in Arabic (with translations in English).

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 4/3 I