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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [38r] (84/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 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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take over the na inters nee of the line Kuwait to Zubair,
an^. keep a linesman at each enit - or with 1 Iraq to ao
the northern half wiien necessary. (At iTesent if any work 1 b
required on the line, I arrange for with toe bhalkii for &
e mel ^ gui m for toe man who lives here, ana he goes out as
far as s&blyah where he meets the man frost ^.ubair;.
The disposal of the takings too would have to be thought
of • At P r «««nt the 1 Iran Postal Department keep a special & n
to take the treasure to Basrah • he goes by one boat and coses
ek by the next. Kven now I take over a certain aiount of tb
tula in silver: but everyone who has any notes usee the Post
Office to get rid of then when the exchange is not favourable
ana notes are of no use to me.
1 presume too thit the fact of this becoming an Indian
jost. Office would not prevent our aukin* use of the •a^hdad -
Haifa Overland Jail, whleh, for ones private use is a ^reat
boon.
° na benefit to me, toieh you will not have thougiit of,
woulci be the abolition of the surcharged stamps, and the
release from the importunities of stamp collectors.
Hon 1 ble Lieut. Colonel A. P. TRLVOK, C.a.I. # C.I.L.,
Politic 1 Resident in toe
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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B U S H I R K.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924.
The principal topics discussed are:
- A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924.
- Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects, 1924.
- The visit of Naif Al Hithlain, 1924.
- `Ajman and Mutair raid, 1924.
- Internal Kuwait situation, 1924.
- Ikhwan movements, 1924.
- RAF flights Baghdad-Bahrain-Kuwait, 1924.
The volume contains an index (folio 4) which lists items including: American Mission; Armenian Woman; Clerical Establishment; Embezzlement and Fraud, Prevention of; Germans not allowed in Kuwait; 'Government Telegraph Code'; Hijaz steamers; Hospital Bum; Ibn Sa'ud; Index to Summaries of Intelligence; Khuwair (also referred to as Khor az-Zubair) [Khawr az Zubayr] Postal Service; King Husain proclaimed Khalifah at Basrah; Naval Reporting; Pearling Loans; ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot'; Petrol; Presents; Publications; Purchase of land in Iraq by Kuwait subjects; Rifles, Storage of; Slave Trade; Smuggling.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (312 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the five leading and ending flyleaves.
Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 5-307; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/97
- Title
- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:307v, ii-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence