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IOR/R/15/1/542
- Record Id:
- 040-000227997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000203
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023486873.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/542
- Title:
- File 53/87 III (D 160) British Policy in Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions regarding the construction - by the British military - of an emergency port at Um Qasr on the Kuwait-Iraq frontier and the expansion of existing port facilities at Kuwait. The logistics and political implications of this proposal are discussed in detail.
The file contains two maps; one of Um Qasr (f 92a) and another of Zubair and its surrounding area (f 136).
The file also contains two reports authored by the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Tom Hickinbotham:
- 'A note of [sic] the Safwan-Khor Abdullah section of the Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'. November 1941 (ff 110-129).
- 'A note on the Establishment of a Port at Umm Qasr and its Effect in Peace Time on the Trade and Prosperity of Kuwait'. January 1942 (ff 146-149).
- 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
040-000227997 - 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/15/1/542 : File 53/87 III (D 160) British Policy in Kuwait - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/542, f 92A : Sketch map of Umm Qasr
IOR/R/15/1/542, f 136 : Tracing for Degree Sheet No. 3N – Turkey in Asia. Basra (4th Edition, 1916)
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/542 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0072]/040-000227997
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (223 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000203
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 15 Apr 1940-22 Mar 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 212.
The file contains the following foliation errors: f 92 is followed by f 92A; f 113 is followed by f 113A; f 123 is followed by f 123A; f 124 is followed by f 124A.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/87 III
Confidential Series: D 160 - 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 2.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)