'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [169r] (346/632)
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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Parsiaoi UuLi' jiatrlot, Bushire, atating bmt Uia total
expenditure incurred on to ■ uork referred to above, includ
ing tiia P.w.Departaiantal ctargeg, i3 Ii3.6,6l8/-.
Copy of a latter from Gap tain F .H.E,Townshend, R.E.,
Executive Engineer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
District, to ttie Director,
Royal Indian Marine, Eontoay, N0.934 of I923, toted to 11 th
Noventoer I923.
With reference to your Ho , 6769 to tod 26-10- 1923, I
have to honour to state that the expenditure of Rs.5,337/-
reported by me was exclusive of the percentage charges for
Establishment, and Tools and PHnt vide please your No.4523-
M, dated 6 - 7 -i 923 to ftia Govaimient of ihttia. 'Die total
expenditure incurred on the wtrk including iha above charges
at 24$ is Rs. 6 s 6 l 8 /- of /tiich is.2,506 is die expenditure
incurred during to last financial year, and the balance
Rs. 4112 during to current year,
jgatiora. • _ Uo7l^
qr.N0.259.
Govemment of India.
To
MARINS DEPARTMENT.
Delhi, Hie 30 tii Novenber 1923.
The Under Secretary of State for India
Political Department,
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.
,
London.
Raecnstruetion of to Beacon at Ifes-al-Arz in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to your letter No0P-3353/23,
toted the 13th September 1923, and to state tot to estinated
and actual cost incurred in the reconstruction of to
Beaccn at Raa-aL-Arz, including departmental charges, are
as
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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.
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- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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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- '1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
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- 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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