'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Contributor:
- Mutasarrif of Basra Liwa (correspondent)
Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs (correspondent)
RAF, Iraq Command (correspondent)
Government of India, Army Headquarters (correspondent)
General Administration of Customs (correspondent)
District Magistrate, Bahrain (correspondent) - Date:
- 1923/1924
- Description:
- The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.The principal topics discussed are:A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.`Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.Ikhwan movements, 1924.RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; 'Persian Gulf Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.1 volume (312 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
- Language:
- English
Arabic - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Fraud
Cards
Slavery
Colonial administration
Pearl industry and trade
Marine navigation
Land
Hydrographic charts
Mail steamers - Geographic region:
- Hijaz
- Extent:
- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00002c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00002c_en
IOR/R/15/5/97 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers