Publication Date
17 Aug 1918-2 Sep 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
17
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/22
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0003b1
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
17 Aug 1918-2 Sep 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to the detention and temporary deportation from Kuwait to Basra, of Salih Sasoon Mahlab, a Jewish merchant. Following official enquiries, the suspicion that Salih Sasoon Mahlab (also spelt Nahlab) was charging excessive brokerage on goods he bought from Kuwait merchants and sold to British Government officials, was disproved and he was allowed to return to Kuwait and resume his business. The main correspondents are Shaikh Salim El Mubarak as Subah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak], Captain Percy Gordon Loch, the British
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 and Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Berkeley Howell, the Deputy Civil Commissioner, Basra. The petition from Salih Sasoon Mahlab to the Ruler of Kuwait and the letters exchanged between the Ruler of Kuwait and the British
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 are in Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File papers are arranged in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
First Series: 9/9
