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IOR/R/15/1/514
- Record Id:
- 040-000227969
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001e7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023493674.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/514
- Title:
- File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to enforce a blockade of Kuwait and to regulate all of its imports and exports. Much of the correspondence also relates more broadly to British-Kuwaiti relations and to the attitude of the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
A memorandum compiled by Robert Edward Hamilton, the British Political Agent in Kuwait and entitled 'Situation in Kuwait' is contained on folios 25-35. This memorandum discusses the political situation in Kuwait and the British authorities' rationale for enforcing a blockade.
On folios 131-138, the file contains a report written by the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Percy Gordon Loch entitled 'Report on institution and working of the Blockade at Kuwait'. This report provides a detailed summary of all the events that are discussed in the file.
- 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
040-000227969 - 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/15/1/514 : File 53/54 I (D 32) Koweit [Kuwait] Blockade - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0044]/040-000227969
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (153 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 6 Dec 1917-5 Feb 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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; 62 and 62A; 109 and 109A
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/54 I
Confidential Series: D 32 - Arrangement:
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1B.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Economic sanctions