File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’

Title:

File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’

Contributor:

Emir of Kuwait (correspondent)

Date:

1919/1926

Description:

The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian foreign residents and reported by the victims to the Political Agent. Both the perpetrators and victims of these crimes include Government of India staff employed at the Kuwait Political Agency and the Kuwait Post Office. The main correspondents are Major James Carmichale More, Political Agent, Kuwait and Shaikh Salim ab-Subah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak], Emir of Kuwait, whose letter exchanges are in Arabic, together with English translations. Some of the petitions and letters of complaint submitted by the victims to the Political Agent, are written in Arabic and in a very few cases, in Persian.1 file (209 folios)Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 211; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-210; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English
Arabic
Persian

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Administration of Justice
Theft
Assault

Extent:

1 file (209 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003af_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003af_en
IOR/R/15/5/20

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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