Author
the steamship company
Publication Date
23 Dec 1906-27 Nov 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
105
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/78
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000019
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
23 Dec 1906-27 Nov 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence, memoranda reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the German and Japanese interest in shipping and trade in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, particularly in Kuwait (also written in some parts of the file as Koweit).
The papers notably cover/include the following:
The establishment of a passenger/trading service from Europe to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by the steamship company, Hamburg Amerika [America] Line, and imports by the company’s
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
branch
German and Japanese ships at Persian [Iranian] ports
The interest of German firm Messrs Robert Wonckhaus and Company in Basra, and details of the Ruler of Kuwait having been approached by the same company
Reports of German trade shipping and details of items purchased (e.g. Barley), reportedly at a loss
A report of a
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
selling firearms in Bahrein [Bahrain]
Details relating to the Baghdad Railway
The movements of German merchants in the Gulf during 1916
The presence of a Japanese merchant, suspected to be an employee of the trading company Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, at ports in the Gulf
The operations of Messrs Robert Wonckhaus and Company in Kuwait.
The volume comprises internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: Stuart George Knox,
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; and Sir Percy Cox,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire [Bushehr].
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File XXVII/3
