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'BUILDINGS. No. 4/13 I Correspondence regarding Surgeon's quarters.' [35r] (70/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (255 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1924-11 Mar 1946. 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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D*0#727
Political i^enoy, Kuwait#
Dated the 26th September 1931#
I hare today addreaaed you officially in my letter
Ho•726 dated the 2Cth September 1931 regarding the question of
a House Rent Allowance for Graonwey, our Medical Officer here#
As this letter does not explain all that we have been doing hwe
in order to meet the Medical Officer’s House Rent each year, I
am writing to give you a short history of this vexed question#
2# When tho Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was first started at
Kuwait 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.
took over from Shaikh Mubarak at a
monthly rental of E£0/* a very old Arab single storied house not
far from tho
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, and crowded his clerks, the Dispensary and
the Medical Officer all into the some building#
3# The house however waa far too small to take the
above staff, while She Medical Officer’s quarters in particular^
insanitary excessively hot owing to their recoving no direct
breeze from the sea, and quite unsuited to a person of the status
of on Aasista
la his letter No*384/4/7 dated i£th July 1924 to the Hon’ble 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.
, and also his letter Ho#574/XT/7 dated 88 th
November 1984 to the Secretary, and he pressed that his Office
AHowanae be increased by about K 26 OO/- in order to enable him to
rent a suitable house for the Medloa? n ' p < a4
The Hon’ble Major T.C.Fowle,
'-UO X # V • X ww JUC? , V/«X»#
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
l.ujOUL£-&>
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, estimates and receipts relating to the accommodation for the Medical Officer of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait.
The discussion in the volume relates to the leasing, maintenance and state of repair of housing for the Medical Officer, Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Further discussion surrounds leases and rental costs with the local landlords and the administration and allocation of the cost of the lease with the Government of India.
Included in the volume are copies of rental agreements and receipts for rent paid. 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. at Kuwait; 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (255 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough 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 255; 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 2-238; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/10
- Title
- 'BUILDINGS. No. 4/13 I Correspondence regarding Surgeon's quarters.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 30r:30v, 31v, 33r:39v, 42r:42v, 43ar, 43ar, 43v:44v, 46r:67v, 69r:83v, 85r:85v, 87r:111v, 117r:130v, 132r:134v, 136r:137v, 140r:140v, 143r:143v, 146r:153v, 156r:163v, 165r:169r, 169r:169v, 169v:174v, 177r:179v, 186r:192v, 196r:197v, 200r:205v, 207r:210v, 212r:222v, 227r:227v, 229r:231v, 234r:234v, 236r:236v, 238r:252v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence