'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.'
- Contributor:
- Shaikh Hakim of Kuwait Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ (correspondent)
- Date:
- 1904/1922
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, notes, pedigrees, news extracts and telegrams. The correspondence is mainly related to the ruling family in Kuwait. Reports were sent between the Political Agency, Kuwait and the Political Residency, Bushire regarding the following: political and social news in Kuwait; events concerning the al-Subah family (death, marriage or illness); news of Shaikh Mubarak’s coalition with Shaikh Khaz‘al against a number of tribes in the region; and reports on incidents taking place at Mohammerah, as well as news of the status of a number of Islands, such as Warba, which were claimed by the Shaikh of Kuwait.The file contains extracts from the Bahrain and Kuwait News, Residency reports about Shaikh Mubarak’s dispute with his pearl towashes (pearlers or pearl merchants), and an article (folios 219-224) on Shaikh Ahmad’s visit to London in 1919. It also contains a number of pedigrees of the al-Subah family.The file also includes correspondence related to the number of gun salutes due to chiefs in the Persian Gulf.The main correspondence is between the Political Agency, Kuwait, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and the British Consul at Mohammerah.Due to the random arrangement of the papers in the file, the earliest paper (dated Nov 1904) is found at f 144, and the latest (dated Oct 1922) is found at f 135.1 volume (228 folios)The papers appear to be arranged randomly within the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 230; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-227; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
Arabic
French - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political coalitions
Pearl industry and trade
Visits
News flow
Sailors - Geographic region:
- Jazīrat Warbah
Bubiyan Island
Mohammerah
Shat-el-Arab - Extent:
- 1 volume (228 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ad_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ad_en
IOR/R/15/5/18 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers