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IOR/R/15/1/513

Record Id:
040-000227968
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000227427
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e6
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100023281331.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/513
Title:
File 53/52 I (D 161) Kuwait Succession
Scope & Content:

This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the succession of various rulers of Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the following:

  • The death of Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his eldest son, Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ
  • The death of Shaikh Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his brother, Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
  • The death of Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ and the succession of his nephew, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.
  • Possible successors to Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.

The correspondence at the beginning of the file discusses Shaikh Mubārak's desire to visit India, Cairo and London (ff. 6-18).

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
040-000227968
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/15/1/513 : File 53/52 I (D 161) Kuwait Succession
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0043]/040-000227968
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e6
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Arabic
English
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1914
End Date:
1940
Date Range:
5 Apr 1914-30 Jul 1940
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:

Condition: A bound correspondence volume.

Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There is an unfoliated folio (f 29) between folios 29 and 30.

Three other separate foliation sequences are also present in this volume between ff 6-18, ff 20-109 and ff 131-133; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Former External References:
A Series: 53/52 I
Confidential Series: D 161
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)