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IOR/R/15/5/54
- Record Id:
- 040-000242068
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037421522.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/54
- Title:
- Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid.
The file includes ten letters in Arabic and their translations as well as a list of debts and assets (folio 2). The main correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer, Basrah (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak); and the Political Agent, Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton, Percy Gordon Loch); the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).
- 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
038-000242067
040-000242068 - 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/15/5/54 (Sub-sub-series) : File 19: Debt
IOR/R/15/5/54 : Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0001]/037-000241999[0015]/038-000242067[0001]/040-000242068
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 23 Jan 1917-23 Jul 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence written in blue crayon.
- Former External References:
- XIX/6
- 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)
- Names:
- Emir of Kuwait, 1718-
Gray, MacKenzie and Company, shipping agents, 1869-1920
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, Chief Political Officer, 1914-1920?
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 - Subjects:
- Debts
