‘File 2/4 V ISTIHLAK TAX’
IOR/R/15/5/139
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The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 31 Jan 1940-12 Feb 1940. 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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The file contains correspondence by 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. , Bushire, to 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. , Kuwait, asking him to remind the Shaikh of Kuwait to prepare a report related to the Istihlak (consumption) tax he paid on the produce of his date gardens in Iraq in 1938 and 1939. The Shaikh wrote back promising to prepare the required report.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (3 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-4; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/5/139
- Former external reference(s)
- Second Series subject files: file 2/4 V
- Date(s)
- 31 Jan 1940-12 Feb 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ConsumptionTaxationReportsDate Gardens
- People & organisations
- Emir of KuwaitShaikh Hakim of Kuwait Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/139
- Title
- ‘File 2/4 V ISTIHLAK TAX’
- Pages
- 4r:4v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/139
- Title
- ‘File 2/4 V ISTIHLAK TAX’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
