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'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous' [264r] (536/632)
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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Air Headquarters.
Iraq Command.
BAGHDAD
1 st. .Tnlv
Major J.C.More, D.S.O.
British. Political Officer
K 0 W A I T.
AM
The Air Officer Commanding desires me to
express his thanks for your hospitality and assistance
to the officers and men of the three aeroplanes which
recently visited Kowait.
Squadron Leader Peck raised the question of
the disposal of the petrol, oil and spares which were
left under your charge: You will appreciate the
fact that even a small supply of petrol and oil at
Kowait makes a considerable difference to the employ
ment of aircraft in your vicinity and enables machines
to be despatched at short notice without waiting for
the shipment of fuel to Kowait. You will recollect
that last spring a request was made for reconnaiss
ances over Kowait territory and perhaps the same m
occur again. On the other hand to raise the
question officially would appear to be inopportune,
as it is non-British soil, and most unlikely to lead
to any result. The most satisfactory method from
our point of view would be for you to arrange a
contract for the construction of a petrol store and
store shed in some convenient place near your quarters
where the petrol, oil and spares could be locked up.
The cost of this building will naturally be the
responsibility of this command.
Would
proposals and if
shed and forward
Group, Royal Air
D.
AML/NOH.
you please therefore consider these
possible obtain an estimate for the
this to Officer Commanding, Has rah
Force. /J /a— 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