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'File 32/12 Estates of British and British Indian Subjects' [‎front-i] (2/24)

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The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1924-24 Oct 1924. 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 office notes and correspondence relating to a number of claims by relatives to the estates of individuals who had died in Kuwait. The papers include witness statements, lists of possessions, and correspondence that discusses arrangements for the transferral of property. The correspondence is between 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 (Major James Carmichale More), Shaikh Ahmad al Jabir as-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and the Office of the Mutasarrif, Basra.

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1 file (10 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 32/12 Estates of British and British Indian Subjects' [‎front-i] (2/24), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/90, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041619890.0x000003> [accessed 5 January 2025]

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