'File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way'

Content

The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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. in London, 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. at Bushire, the 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. at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding the port of Basra and the disputes for the Shatt al-`Arab water-way between Kuwait and Iraq.

Extent and format

1 volume (108 folios)

Arrangement

The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 99-101). The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.

Physical characteristics

The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found 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 numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B; and terminates with 102, which is the last number given to the fourth folio from the back of the volume.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/624

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Nov 1922-5 Nov 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

BasraShatt al ʻArabKuwaitIraq

People & organisations

Political Agent, KuwaitBritish Legation, TehranColonial OfficeSecretary of State for India, United Kingdom

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'File 82/17 I (F 90) A.P.O.C. Port of Basra and Shatt al-`Arab Water-way', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/624, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000256> [accessed 2 October 2024]

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