'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [134r] (276/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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/ (b) Letters solely concerning the affairs of the
sender or receiver thereof, sent by a
messenger expressly; nd
(c) Letters solely concerning goods or property
with whi cn the letters are concerned, without
ay, reward or ocher advantage for receiving
carrying or ielivering them; provided that
notning in this Regulation shall authorise
-my person to make a collection of letters,
except as aforesaid, for the purpose of
sending them otherwise than by post*
(ii) For the purposes of this Regulation the
expression ’♦letters* includes postcards*
.jaCTIOff 6 *
(i) Where^Ver, within tne Occupied Terri to ties, posts
or Postal coraraunicstions are established oy the Chief
Postal Authority, the following persons shall not collect,
carry tan ier or deliver letters either with or witnour pay
reward or other adv^mtage therefore
(a) Cominon carriers of passengers and their servants
or Agents, except is regards letters solely
concerning goods in their carts or carriages, and
(b) Owners and masters of any vessels sailing or
passing on any river or canal in tne Occupied
Territories or plying betw en any pi ces therein,
rind their servants or agents, except as regards
letters solely concerning goo is on board, and e
except regards postal articles received
for convey mce under circumst mces set out in
Regulation/ff 5.
(ii) ^or the purpose of this Regul 5 tion the
expression ’’letters* inclules postciris.
5SCTI0H 36.
Contravent ion of Regulation 5*
(1) Whoever -
(a) Conveys, otherwise than by post a letter within the
exclusive privilege conferred on the Chief postal Authority
by Regulation 5 or . .
(b) Performs any service incidental to conveying, otherwise
than by post, any letter within the exclusive privilege
aforesaid, or L ^ ^
(c) makes a collection of letters excepted from tie
exclusive privilege aforesaid, for the purpose of sending
them otherwise than by post, shall be^unishable with fine
not exceeding fifty runees for every letter,
(ii) Vhoever haring already been convicted of an
ofj. ence under thia Regulation is again convicted thareuncer
shall, on every such subsequent conviction, be punishable
with fine not exceeding five hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
SECTION 37,
Contravention of Regulation 6, „ _ .
(i) Whoever, in contravention of the provisions of Regula-
-tion 6, carries, receives, tenders of delivers letters or
About this item
- Content
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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/97
- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence