Coll 29/61 'Kuwait Agency buildings' [‎323v] (653/816)

Content

The volume concerns the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. buildings at Kuwait.

The volume covers:

• 1929 report on the conditions of the seventy years-old Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. building, property of the Shaikh of Kuwait, who permitted to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to occupy it free of rent
• plans to build a new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; reports on weather conditions and Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's requirements, 1929
• Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. temporarily occupying the Shaikh of Mohammerah's Men's House at Kuwait while the new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was being built. Alterations and repairs to the building, 1929
• electrification of the existing building, 1931
• plans, expenses and calculations for the new building, the costs of which were to be shared between Government of India and HM Government, 1932
• furniture for the new building, 1933
• electrification of the new buildings, 1934
• statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. during the year 1932-33 (ff 98-101)
• statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. during the year 1933-34 (ff 23-26)
• statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. during the year 1934-35 (ff 14-18).

The volume includes four blueprints, architectural drawings representing the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Buildings at Kuwait: site plan, plans, elevations and sections, additions and alterations (folios 5-9).

The volume is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Government of India, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

1 file (402 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 404; 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.

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English in Latin script

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