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IOR/R/15/1/511
- Record Id:
- 040-000227966
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023527679.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/511
- Title:
- File 53/47 (D 43) Kuwait Water Supply
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials following a request made by Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait, for the British authorities to ensure an adequate water supply to Kuwait (a copy of the letter is contained on folio 3).
The correspondence includes discussions between British officials and Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and later in the volume, with Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The file contains correspondence with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and a firm based in Mohammerah named Messrs Strick, Scott and Company concerning different options for increasing Kuwait's water supply and the logistics and costs of these options.
Much of the correspondence concerns the construction of a water plant by Messrs Strick, Scott and Company and the numerous difficulties that the project faces.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000227966 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/511 : File 53/47 (D 43) Kuwait Water Supply - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0041]/040-000227966
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (229 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e4
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1923
- Date Range:
- 13 Nov 1912-9 May 1923
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 32 and 32A; 56, 56A and 56B; 90 and 90A; 128 and 128A, the file also contains the following foliation omissions: 5, 7 and 37.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/47
Confidential Series: D 43 - Arrangement:
- File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)