File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'

Name: File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'
Author: General Post Office (correspondent)

İsim	File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'
Yazar	General Post Office (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1904/1915
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Postal services \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	eng,fra
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	120
Fiziksel Boyutlar	120 folios
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100028134232.0x000001_ar \| 81055/vdc_100028134232.0x000001_en \| IOR/L/PS/10/47/2
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100028134232.0x000001_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1904/1915
Notlar	The file concerns proposals for the opening of a Post Office at Koweit [Kuwait].The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent at Kuwait (from 1904 Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear; from 1914 Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey); the Viceroy of India; the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor; Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther); officials of the General Post Office (GPO); and senior officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India.The papers cover: initial proposals for the establishment of a Post Office at Kuwait, under a 'Native Medical Subordinate' following a request from the Shaikh of Kuwait (Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), January-February 1904 (ff 283-292); the decision to allow the Assistant Surgeon to proceed to Kuwait in a medical capacity only, and to postpone the establishment of a Post Office at Kuwait, following advice from the British Ambassador at Constantinople (O'Conor) that the move would be likely to prejudice relations with the Government of the Ottoman Empire, June-October 1904 (ff 267-282); further proposals by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Knox), supported by the Political Resident, to establish a Post Office at Kuwait rejected by the India Office, because the move would be likely 'to arouse strong opposition from the Ottoman Government', June 1910 - February 1911 (ff 233-266); renewed proposals by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Shakespear), again with the support of the Political Resident, to open a British Post Office at Kuwait, on the grounds of Kuwait's increasing commercial importance and the inadequate postal facilities available, supported by the Government of India, and approved by the Foreign Office, March 1912 - October 1913 (ff 217-232); and interruptions to postal communications with Kuwait (including correspondence on the subject from the General Post Office), and report of the opening of the Post Office at Kuwait on 21 January 1915, December 1914 - March 1915 (ff 180-216).The French language content of the record consists of newspaper extracts on ff 263v-266.The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the file; the date range of the minute papers given on the subject divider on folio 179 is 1904-15. \| 120 folios \| more \| less
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File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'

Yazar General Post Office (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1904/1915

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Konu Postal services | more | less

Tür Kitap

Dil eng,fra

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 120

Fiziksel Boyutlar 120 folios

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100028134232.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100028134232.0x000001_en | IOR/L/PS/10/47/2

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100028134232.0x000001_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1904/1915

Notlar The file concerns proposals for the opening of a Post Office at Koweit [Kuwait].The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent at Kuwait (from 1904 Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear; from 1914 Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey); the Viceroy of India; the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor; Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther); officials of the General Post Office (GPO); and senior officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India.The papers cover: initial proposals for the establishment of a Post Office at Kuwait, under a 'Native Medical Subordinate' following a request from the Shaikh of Kuwait (Mubārak bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ), January-February 1904 (ff 283-292); the decision to allow the Assistant Surgeon to proceed to Kuwait in a medical capacity only, and to postpone the establishment of a Post Office at Kuwait, following advice from the British Ambassador at Constantinople (O'Conor) that the move would be likely to prejudice relations with the Government of the Ottoman Empire, June-October 1904 (ff 267-282); further proposals by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Knox), supported by the Political Resident, to establish a Post Office at Kuwait rejected by the India Office, because the move would be likely 'to arouse strong opposition from the Ottoman Government', June 1910 - February 1911 (ff 233-266); renewed proposals by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Shakespear), again with the support of the Political Resident, to open a British Post Office at Kuwait, on the grounds of Kuwait's increasing commercial importance and the inadequate postal facilities available, supported by the Government of India, and approved by the Foreign Office, March 1912 - October 1913 (ff 217-232); and interruptions to postal communications with Kuwait (including correspondence on the subject from the General Post Office), and report of the opening of the Post Office at Kuwait on 21 January 1915, December 1914 - March 1915 (ff 180-216).The French language content of the record consists of newspaper extracts on ff 263v-266.The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the file; the date range of the minute papers given on the subject divider on folio 179 is 1904-15. | 120 folios | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers