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IOR/R/15/5/48
- Record Id:
- 040-000242058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003cb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030095877.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/48
- Title:
- File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait.
The file contains general correspondence on arms smuggling; statements and memoranda; lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of Persian firms exporting arms and ammunition; list of Persian merchants of importance in Kuwait.
The principal correspondents are: the Rulers of Kuwait: Shaikh Jaber II Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Customs Department at Koweit [Kuwait]; the Director of Customs at Bushire; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agency at Muscat and the Political Agent at Kuwait.
The documents in the file date between 1916 and 1931; there is an earlier memorandum at the beginning of the file, dated 1890 but presenting results of guns examinations gathered in 1903 and 1904.
There are numerous letters and statements in Arabic within the file, mostly correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, sometimes with English translation.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000241999
038-000242054
040-000242058 - 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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/1-108 : Kuwait Agency, First Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/45-50 : File 13: Arms Traffic
IOR/R/15/5/48 : File 13/7 Illicit Trade of Arms and Ammunition - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0001]/037-000241999[0011]/038-000242054[0004]/040-000242058
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (184 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003cb
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1890-29 Sep 1931
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 186; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-185; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are sometimes circled. Where previously circled this has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Kuwait Agency, First Series subject files: 13/7
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)