'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'

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.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/15/5/97

Former external reference(s)

First Series Files 1C IV

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

SlaveryColonial administrationPearl industry and tradeMarine navigationFraudCardsLandHydrographic chartsMail steamers

Places

Hijaz

People & organisations

RAF, Iraq CommandMutasarrif of Basra LiwaGovernment of India, Army HeadquartersDirector-General of Posts and Telegraphs, IraqGeneral Administration of CustomsDistrict Magistrate, Bahrain

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