'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
- Contributor:
- Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Emir of Kuwait (correspondent)
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political Officer (correspondent)
Gray, MacKenzie and Company, shipping agents (correspondent) - Date:
- 1917/1918
- Description:
- The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid.The file includes ten letters in Arabic and their translations as well as a list of debts and assets (folio 2). The main correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer, Basrah (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak); and the Political Agent, Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton, Percy Gordon Loch); the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).1 file (33 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence written in blue crayon.
- Language:
- English
Arabic - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Debts
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Public Domain
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000001_en
IOR/R/15/5/54 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers