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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'

Title	'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'
Author	an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
Publication Date:	31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	420
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1030
Record ID	vdc_100000000241.0x00024d
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	31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as 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. The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods. The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic. The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	English Office Files: 1/39 I

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'File [1/39 I] Major T Hickinbotham, OBE (Private File)'

Author an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.

Publication Date 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 420

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1030

Record ID vdc_100000000241.0x00024d

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 31 Jul 1941-6 Sep 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as 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. The papers consist of invoices, receipts, correspondence, telegrams, and personal letters, and cover the following topics: travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; cost of transporting personal effects; accommodation; provision of a guide to places of interest in Kuwait; the holding of a licence for a wireless/radio set, September to October 1941 and September 1942; leave; membership of the Magwa Club (for staff of the Kuwait Oil Company); invitations to events; invitations to dinner; medical fees; hiring of a cook; the whereabouts of a British officer; the ill-health of a friend in Kuwait; expressions of condolences; correspondence with banks; application for a military pass; Christmas and New Year messages; a complaint concerning a lack of co-operation from a member of the Kuwait Oil Company, December 1942; telegrams of congratulations; and invoices for books, clothes, wool, cloth, alcohol, cigarettes, tyres, automobile parts, ice, fruit, general provisions, and household goods. The file includes correspondence in Arabic and printed invoices and letterheads in Arabic. The last item of correspondence in the file is dated 20 October 1943. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) English Office Files: 1/39 I