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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [‎143r] (294/632)

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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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QO ittlvtAV£LAL
To
The Hon'ble the Political Reein«»nt in the Persian Oulf,
B U S H I R S.
HJgHORAHDUM.
Roforenoe meaoranduiK Ho* ilO/C dated the 3fcth April
froa 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. , Bahrain.
X have i*ot as yet been able to obtain any eonfimatlo
of the report regarding the axnuggling of Armenian wo»en
Uiwu^i 2-uwcA.it.
It Is Interesting to noto, however, that ‘Abdullah
Eafial (Ion ^a^ud's agent in Kuwait)la mentioned as being
slave cases with whioh 1 ha vs had to deal since I have been
her;. I he first case was in December i9Sii shen a slave boy
had been *ar*t to him for sale by someone In Jubail was
recognised by a wouiall »» his cousin who had been stolen
Irt... hi;- pare-XiU; at Sur rcvfn yt.rs before. The boy wss
subsequently released and returned to his relatives. The
I
other case was in December 1923, when a negro boy of about
aixtean complained to me that his master, a Hajdi In Zubair,
had sent him to ‘Abdullah an~Nafiel for sale. . ??h®n Hafiel
heard that the boy had been to me. he at once sent hin back
to hia master at Zubair and refused the eonmlsaion. As the*
is no slave treaty her#* X naturally agreed to this , and
transferred the case to the Administrative Inspector, Basrah
§Iay&.Trf ? de
implicated in this trade, as he haa bean connected with two
Dop y ^t o the P»A., Bahrain.
Major,
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.

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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
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