Author
the Government of India.
Included in the volume is a copy
Publication Date
2 Nov 1907-27 Sep 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
148
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/85
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000020
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
2 Nov 1907-27 Sep 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to the manumission procedure in Kuwait. Correspondence also discusses the procedure to follow if Kuwait slaves take refuge at other British agencies in the Gulf. Further discussion surrounds the issue of consistency of practice and whether guidelines should be issued by the Government of India.
Included in the volume is a copy (ff 34-44) of typed notes 'Part 1:Notes for Guidance on Persian shore of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Part 2: Notes for guidance on Arabian shore of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
' with sections on Kuwait, Bahrain, Maskat and
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
Also included (folio 79) is a copy of the proclamation issued by the Government of India in 1873 'notifiying the penalites which British subjects will incur by illegally possessing and in any way trafficking in slaves, or aiding others in such traffic.'
The principal correspondents in the volume 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.
, Kuwait (Stuart George Knox; James Carmichael More); 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.
, Bahrain (Francis Beville Prideaux); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis William Dane); the Assistant Resident, Bushire (Richard Lockington Birdwood); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah al-Sabah; Shaikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series files: 29/2
