Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid. T...
File XX/4 Naval and Military Intelligence Queries.
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The file contains information provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait in response to military and naval intelligence queries from the Government of India; Army Headquarters India; the Intelligence Officer, Bushire; the Commander in Chief, East Indies Squadron, and other military and naval offici...
The file contains correspondence of the Political Agent, Kuwait concerning botanical matters. The form Koweit is generally used in the papers. Folios 4-5 contain correspondence dated 1905 between the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) and the (Acting) Political Resident in the...
The file contains a set of manuscript notes by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox) on the Ajman [‘Ajmān] tribe. The notes include genealogical charts ('pedigrees'); estimates of numbers of fighting men; references to allowances received by shaikhs; and a table giving the di...
The file contains correspondence, together with several cost estimates and a few maps, relating to the planning and construction of a new British coal depot at Bandar Shweikh [Shwaykh] in Kuwait. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Kuwait and the Political Resident in the Persian Gul...
File XXII/1 Koweit relations with British Government
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Kuwait relations with the British Government: The discussion in the volume relates to: appointment of the Political Agent, Kuwait; visit of HM Consul, Basra; customs and railway negotiations; the Angl...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Kuwaiti relations with Bahrain from 1906 to 1920. The discussion in the volume relates to: a note of a conversation between the Resident and Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Kuwait...
The volume comprises hand written letters, notes, typed correspondence and printed reports relating to the proposed adoption of a distinctive Kuwait flag and certificates of nationality for marine craft belonging to Shaikh Mobarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] or his subjects. Further disc...
XX/7 Vernacular Newspapers & periodicals, Extracts from & Pan-Islamism.
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The volume comprises correspondence, letters, notes and printed reports relating to translated articles from various Arabic language media. The articles are written from an anti-British view point and relate to the topic of British strategy concerning Kuwait and Mohammerah and the perceived inte...