Author
the Shaikh of Kuwait
Publication Date
11 Oct 1933-6 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
82
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/159
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00008a
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
11 Oct 1933-6 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence regarding an enquiry submitted to 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.
at Kuwait by the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), asking him to confirm whether the Government of Iraq had passed legislation preventing Kuwaiti subjects from owning land in Basra or from registering it with the Tapu Department. The correspondence discusses offers of assistance made by the Mutasarrif of Basra to Kuwaiti nationals, on the condition that they register as Iraqi subjects, and also contains details of Kuwaiti merchants holding property in Iraq. The correspondents are: 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.
at Kuwait, the
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.
, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Shaikh of Kuwait.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Second Series subject files: 2/7
