File 1855/1904 Pt 6-8 'Koweit' [‎back] (2/656)

Content

The volume contains parts 6, 7, and 8 of the subject 'Koweit' [Kuwait]:

• Part 6 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/1) concerns the status of citizens of Kuwait in Persia.
• Part 7 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/2) concerns the proposal that vessels from Kuwait should adopt a distinctive flag, and the likely reaction this would bring from the Government of Turkey [the Ottoman Empire].
• Part 8 (IOR/L/PS/10/50/3) concerns the attitudes of the rulers of Kuwait and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. coast states toward the political activities of Ibn Sa‘ūd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the documents in the volume; the Secret Department minute papers, which enclose those documents, are dated 1904-07.

Extent and format

1 volume (324 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1855 (Koweit [Kuwait]) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/47-51. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, parts 6, 7, and 8 comprising the fourth volume, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the fifth volume.

Physical characteristics

Condition: folio 2 is missing; the remains of a torn folio indicates it has been removed from the volume.

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The front cover, and one leading flyleaf have not been foliated.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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