!['File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [‎92r] (188/524)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00012b/IOR_R_15_5_280_0188.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [‎92r] (188/524)")
'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [92r] (188/524)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
gote by Legal Adviser,
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.
, dated 13th April t i9M.
I^ie primary subject matter of Clause 8 is sites -
meaning apparently land sites - which have been selected
by His Majesty 1 s Government for defence purposes or
under heads specified in Clause 8* A flying boat
achorage with moorings in the sea off this quarantine
site (which I take it is in a harbour) would presumably
come under the tf development of harbours" just as much
as e.g. building jetties or buoying a deep-water channel.
The clause contemplates the development of
harbours
(a) by His Majesty's Government with a proviso in
favour of the Company in certain events;
(b) by the Company in which case their control is
complete and exclusive.
The Company could not therefore object to His
Majesty’s Government under the Sheikh’s authority
putting down moorings, either now or later (now for
choice). This does not get rid of the proviso to (a)
above but seems preferable to allowing the situation
in (b) to arise.
If the sites contemplated by Clause 8 are not
necessarily land sites, but might also include sea sites,
it does not seem to lead to any useful conclusion in
the present case to suggest that a demarcated area in
the sea selected for seaplane moorings may itself be a
site, because so long as it is in a harbour the proviso
under Clause 8 would attach.
On the question of the land site, it may be worth
consideration whether, although acquisition of the
particular site has, as regards the Sheikh, been refused
for the present, it may still be open to His Majesty’s
Government, as between the Company and His Majesty’s
Government/
About this item
- Content
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variously discussed alongside occasional correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bahrain on the same subject.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (258 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 18-59, and ff 196-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [92r] (188/524), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/280, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054032387.0x0000bd> [accessed 5 January 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100054032387.0x0000bd
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100054032387.0x0000bd">'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [‎92r] (188/524)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100054032387.0x0000bd"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00012b/IOR_R_15_5_280_0188.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00012b/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:204v, 206r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:239v, 242r:245v, 249r:249v, 251r:259v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence