Author
an agent.
in Kuwait
Publication Date
7 May 1910-6 Aug 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,hin,urd
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
51
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/44
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003c7
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
7 May 1910-6 Aug 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains notifications from the Government of India, and correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the British
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.
; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait; informing of the death of King Edward VII, on 6 May 1910; giving instructions for the mourning, and on the accession of King George V.
The file contains a letter sent from King George V 'to the Princes and Peoples of India', in English with a translation in Hindustani written in Latin script (folios 36-38). There is some correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad (Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah), regarding the death of the President of the United States (US) Warren Gamaliel Harding, in 1923.
The correspondence with the Rulers of Kuwait within the file is in Arabic 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.
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