'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)'

Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the:

• Shaikh of Kuwait's date gardens on the Shatt al-`Arab
• Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates
• registration of Shaikh Mubarak's property at Faddaghiya
• offer of a cash salary to Shaikh of Kuwait as Qaimaqam

The principal correspondents in the volume include 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, Stuart George Knox; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubarak al Sabah; 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 Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , John Gordon Lorimer.

Extent and format

1 volume (307 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 front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 309; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-308; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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/15/5/5

Former external reference(s)

First Series files: 2/3 I

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Sep 1904-10 Nov 1913 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Dates (fruit)CourtsNationalityFlagsCertificates

Places

FaddaghiyaIraqMohammerah

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilBritish Consulate-GeneralPolitical Resident and Consul-General, Turkish ArabiaBritish Consul, BasraPersian Gulf Political Residency, Second Assistant ResidentBritish Consul, ArabistanEmir of KuwaitEmir of MohammerahPersian Gulf Political Residency, First Assistant ResidentWali of BasrahGovernment of India, Foreign and Political Department

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'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003a0> [accessed 24 March 2025]

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