'File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait'
IOR/R/15/5/228
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The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 16 May 1949-14 Sep 1949. It was written in English. 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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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait concerning a request made by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish an Iraqi consulate in Kuwait. The political implications of agreeing to this request (and a similar one made by the United States Government) are discussed in detail in the file.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (translated into English) and the British Embassy in Baghdad, including a copy of the request to establish a consulate in Kuwait (folio 9).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (17 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; 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 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin 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/15/5/228
- Former external reference(s)
- File 4/41
- Date(s)
- 16 May 1949-14 Sep 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/5/228
- Title
- 'File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait'
- Pages
- 14r:14v
- Author
- Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/228
- Title
- 'File 4/41 Kuwait State: Iraqi Consulate in Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:18v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence