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IOR/R/15/2/115
- Record Id:
- 040-000228373
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000352
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023211631.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/115
- Title:
- File 5/27 Shaikh Sir Ahmad al Jabir of Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains correspondence between Charles Geoffrey Prior, British Political Agent at Bahrain; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; and Trenchard Craven Fowle, Acting British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire.
These correspondence concern the personality of Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ and contain details regarding his ability to raise customs duty in Kuwait; his 1931 impromptu visit to Bahrain and his relations with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; and his desire to buy a property in Bahrain.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228327
038-000228357
040-000228373 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/73-138 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/100-115 : File 5 Personalities
IOR/R/15/2/115 : File 5/27 Shaikh Sir Ahmad al Jabir of Kuwait - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0002]/037-000228327[0003]/038-000228357[0016]/040-000228373
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000352
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- 27 May 1931-21 Aug 1931
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: Circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 7, ending on the inside of the back cover.
- Former External References:
- Confidentail File: 5/27
- Arrangement:
- This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)