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File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’ [106r] (211/422)
The record is made up of 1 file (209 folios). It was created in 13 Nov 1919-14 May 1926. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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To H.S. Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah.
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With reference to my letter No. 170, dated the 3rci Rajao and
connected-correspondence relative to the revolver oelieved to have
been stolen from my former Interpreter, Ibrahim. I have delayed
writing any further on the subject until now, as I have be eh awaiting
a reply from Mr. D'Mello, which has now arrived.
I received a reply from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah,
at the time in which he gave me Ibrahim’s answers to the questions
which I had asked regarding the make and size of the revolver, and,
as these are correct, I consider it to be proved beyond any shadow^
doubt that the revolver in question really is the one which was
stolen from Ibrahim in Ramadhan 1337, as reported to the late Shaikh
Salim in Mr. Duello*s letter No.628, dated the 3rd July t^l^ wnich
is equivalent to the 4th Shauwal 1337. V j f ^
I had been unable to trace any reply to this letter, but Mr. D Hello
tells me that the late Shaikh Salim did not reply in writing but
promised verbally to have inquiries made and to try hnd arrest the
thief and recover the revolver. It however was not recovered./ Hr.
M3* Hello t ell s ..ma- -t>lae•;rrf L " , th i <r -bfref-t Ibrahim had^eason to
suspect one of the servants of the Customs, which is interesting in
view of the fact that Shaikh V^b^illah as-Salim says in uis letuer
^f the ISt Raiafr<l339 t5h^/Abdullah bin Bstefe Haj^i ’Ali
it tlirough/anotb^r employee of the Customs. Atr a servant of the
i S* ’X. . _ . 1 , , , -r 3 „,
'Ali had obtained
Customs waV-suspected, my fr*iend Khan Sahtb Xodul Latif was doubtless
informed at the time, and will no doujjt remember the case*
In-any case, whoever t/ieli'iief was.-whlcK' IS a minor Poifit, I think
that Your Excellency will agree that, as Ibrahim has correctly gi\^n
the number of the revolver and has correctly answered, my other
questions about it, which he could not possibly have done had it not ^
been his, it is proved that the revolver is his and that it should
be returned to him.
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The file contains case correspondence, including several witness statements and a few Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. court proceedings, relating to the investigation and prosecution of several criminal offences. These are mainly cases of assault and theft committed in Kuwait against Indian and Persian foreign residents and reported by the victims 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. . Both the perpetrators and victims of these crimes include Government of India staff employed at the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Kuwait Post Office. The main correspondents are Major James Carmichale More, 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 and Shaikh Salim ab-Subah [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak], Emir of Kuwait, whose letter exchanges are in Arabic, together with English translations. Some of the petitions and letters of complaint submitted by the victims 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. , are written in Arabic and in a very few cases, in Persian.
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- 1 file (209 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 211; 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 1-210; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/20
- Title
- File 9/2 II ‘No. 9/2 Vol. II Criminal Cases’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 13r:13v, 15r:17v, 19r:29v, 31r:36v, 38r:39v, 41r:42v, 44r:46v, 48r:48v, 52r:52v, 54r:54v, 56r:60v, 63r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:95v, 97r:107v, 108v:111v, 113r:113v, 145r:148v, 150r:150v, 152r:152v, 155r:162v, 164r:179v, 181r:192v, 194r:197v, 199r:210v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence