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IOR/R/15/5/188
- Record Id:
- 040-000242219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000af
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040745110.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/188
- Title:
- File 4/8 Kuwait Electricity Supply (Concession, etc.) & Municipality
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding internal developments in Kuwait.
Primarily, the correspondence relates to the establishment of a municipality for Kuwait City, the construction of an electrical power station and the development of the Kuwait Electric Company Limited.
The file contains one letter in Arabic that was sent from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah to the Political Agency in Kuwait in 1937 (folio 28).
As well as correspondence, the file also contains two completed memoranda of agreement for employment with the Kuwait Electric Company Limited (folios 42-43).
- 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
037-000242135
038-000242209
040-000242219 - 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/15/5/109-319 : Kuwait Agency, Second Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/179-235 : File 4: Kuwait State
IOR/R/15/5/188 : File 4/8 Kuwait Electricity Supply (Concession, etc.) & Municipality - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0010]/040-000242219
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (44 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000af
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- 10 Apr 1930-9 Dec 1940
- 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 46; 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 2-42; these numbers are also written in pencil or crayon, but are not circled and have been crossed out.
- Former External References:
- File 4/8
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)