Author
an agent.
Publication Date
4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
379
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/87
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000022
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
4 Feb 1905-13 Sep 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence, witness statements, marine (or sea) protests, and other documents related to legal cases involving subjects or residents of Kuwait tried before foreign courts.
Documents relating to the first thirteen cases have been indexed (folios 2-3), and include claims of debt, marine protests, witness statements, powers of attorney, certificates, and bills of landing.
The remainder of the file includes documentation relating to similar types of case and also to stolen property, suspected and attempted murder, fugitive and small causes cases. Papers also include arrangements for 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, to collect evidence and for police personnel to travel to the relevant countries for investigations. The correspondence is between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Kuwait, 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.
, several political and judicial offices in the places where cases were being heard (including Bangkok, North Kanara, Mohammerah [Korramshahr], Karachi, Basra, Baghdad, and Gwadur), and a number of individuals and companies involved in the cases. Some of this correspondence included discussion over regional legal matters and the interpretation of certain laws.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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