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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [239r] (486/632)
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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wlVi you that on* Politic.1 Offloar ought to go, and h*
alon« do th* talking - and an axtraordiaarily lnt*r*sting
Joto it will b* f 0 r who*v*r go**.
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la atlll aoaing h*r*. hut I do not know whaa, aa ha hat
had to go to India to ■** a child of bis who ia dangcroualy
ill < paaaad through har* juat about a month ago oa his
w.y to Baarah to oaten th# fast mall, and ctUlad on a* hava.
i^rireF. apeka to about hi* *&.«* littl* time ago, and aai m
father wa objaetad to hie being anywhere in ty,* Qulf, s.g,
at hue oat, or wh*th*r it wna only at Bahrain, aa Harriet*
aaamad to hawa undaratood tho fomer from Daly, He said it
would b« th«r h %o dIcmb* htw in * t*, *
in Ir ^. &s tkqr hay# ii^
Job* for Mdlsal son thor*. I told him* I did not know, but
would find out if ho likod, hut ho said ho thought Z had
bettar wait until Harrison himaoif got bars, liyiraa attribute*
Hwrioon’a trouWo* to ni* aaoaaalro seal optimiem, but
own* that h*,ie a moat aoaontrle chap.
ihanks for your antiuirioa about our health. Vara, I m
glad to say, la vary won indeed, and feels the heat vary
littl*• l h«v* b*«n r«th*r a «r*ak slno* we
back here witli every f«w days. X my blood tooted
for malaria aa noon aa I got fevor tho firat tl«o f but with cot
rooultg ant tho *»«« thing happonod a fow daya lator. foa
daya ago, however, tho laat Uao X hat favor, thoy hat a
third uy, and then, Z am thankful to aay, they feumd that it
wi ^a malaria* 2 am awfully glad t aa 2 havo hat ^ ant boon
cured of - malaria be fora, end it has no fears for m mm,
aa Z know what to do to get rid of it * ton grain* of «»iMlai
a day for nlno aontha. Z hava had no aora fovar alma Z atartM
quinine, but Z hava not got ovor th* roauZta of it yet, aa l
am frightfully weak and faol vary don* up. Howovcr, Z havo no
doubt Z will ooon pick up now.
Z hop* you are both keeping fit.
About this item
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence