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'File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition'

Title	'File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition'
Author	an agent. at Muscat and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date:	22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	184
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/5/48
Record ID	vdc_100000000831.0x0003cb
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	22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file concerns incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait. The file contains general correspondence on arms smuggling; statements and memoranda; lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of Persian firms exporting arms and ammunition; list of Persian merchants of importance in Kuwait. The principal correspondents are: the Rulers of Kuwait: Shaikh Jaber II Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Customs Department at Koweit [Kuwait]; the Director of Customs at Bushire; 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat 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. at Kuwait. The documents in the file date between 1916 and 1931; there is an earlier memorandum at the beginning of the file, dated 1890 but presenting results of guns examinations gathered in 1903 and 1904. There are numerous letters and statements in Arabic within the file, mostly correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, sometimes with English translation.
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)	Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , First Series subject files: 13/7

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'File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition'

Author an agent. at Muscat and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative

Publication Date 22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 184

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/5/48

Record ID vdc_100000000831.0x0003cb

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 22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file concerns incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait. The file contains general correspondence on arms smuggling; statements and memoranda; lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of Persian firms exporting arms and ammunition; list of Persian merchants of importance in Kuwait. The principal correspondents are: the Rulers of Kuwait: Shaikh Jaber II Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Customs Department at Koweit [Kuwait]; the Director of Customs at Bushire; 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat 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. at Kuwait. The documents in the file date between 1916 and 1931; there is an earlier memorandum at the beginning of the file, dated 1890 but presenting results of guns examinations gathered in 1903 and 1904. There are numerous letters and statements in Arabic within the file, mostly correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, sometimes with English translation.

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) Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , First Series subject files: 13/7