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IOR/R/15/5/88
- Record Id:
- 040-000242110
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000023
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/88
- Title:
- File 32/6 Estates of British subjects
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence relating to the estates of two British subjects who died in Kuwait: Ibrahim Khan, servant of Lieutenant F H Townshend, and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent, Kuwait. The file includes:
- correspondence between Lieutenant Townshend, Royal Engineer, Doctor Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission Hospital, Kuwait, and Captain Shakespear connected to the death of Ibrahim Khan, including reports of his death, arrangements for his burial and collection and disposal of his possessions, and a copy of his death certificate
- correspondence between Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey and the Political Agent, Kuwait, connected to the death of Captain Shakespear, including witness statements, arrangements for the collection and shipment of his possessions, and claims against his estate by former employees
- 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
038-000242108
040-000242110 - 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/15/5/87-90 : File 32: Judicial
IOR/R/15/5/88 : File 32/6 Estates of British subjects - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0001]/037-000241999[0023]/038-000242108[0002]/040-000242110
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (54 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000023
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 7 Sep 1912-6 Apr 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; 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 4-15; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Folios 5, 8, and 16 have attached a's and b's.
- Former External References:
- File 32/6
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)