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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [248r] (500/524)
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. .
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AHMED ALJABER ALSABAH,
KUWAIT.
KIA
A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge.
^AIT, 2Bfch February, 1937
Messrs. Kuwait Oil Company, Ltd.,
Kuwait.
After compliments,
I have the pleasure to refer you to your letter Mo#
5909 of 23nd November 1936 in which you’ expressed your desire
to reserve for your landing operations the*irregular piece of
land on the Shuwaikh foreshore, from just west of the Octagonal
Coal Tower to the small inlet Immediately to th© east of the
existing old landing jetty on the north side, and the main
Kuwait-Jahra Hoad on the south side, as detailed In the
rough sketch which you enclosed for my information.
grant you the piece of land In question owing to th© fact that
the Coal Tower and landing jetty mentioned by you, and which
both lie In the area asked for, are required by me.
alternative area east of the jetty selected and marked out by
you on 23rd February last, in the presence of my representative,
■r.Abdulla Mull a Saleh, and the Manager of the Landing and
Transport Company, Ltd., representing myself, and Mr.Scott, Col.
CIckson and dr .Shields representing th© Company, the area and
portion of which are as followst-
fo re shore namely 3 00 yards ♦ Hes'tern point of area, on road, being
the mark as fixed by you in Company with my representatives
abovementioned #
T regret to have to Inform you that I am unable to
I am however agreeable to letting you have the
from a poi
stretching eastward.
distance 4 o1j “’yards.
Length along Kuwait-Jahra Road. The same as on
De pth. From foreshore to Kuwait-Jahara Road -
Yours faithfully,
Sd. (in Arabic) Ahmad Aljaber
A1sabah
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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.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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.
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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/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- 139r:139v, 205r:205v, 231r:231v, 240r:241v, 248r:248v
- Author
- Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir xx Al Sabah, Shaikh Ahmed al-Jaber
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