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IOR/R/15/5/202
- Record Id:
- 040-000242233
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000c1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042206772.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/202
- Title:
- File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of silk into India by a number of Kuwaiti traders.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India (mainly in Karachi), the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations) as well as correspondence with a number of the traders that were accused of smuggling.
The file also contains the following:
- Four Certificates of Identity that were issued by the Political Agency in Kuwait to the Kuwaiti traders involved (folios 32-33, 43 and 175).
- An English translation of an article that appeared in the Iraqi newspaper, al-Nas on 10 September 1937 concerning the removal of visas from a number of Kuwaiti subjects (folios 63-64).
- 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
040-000242233 - 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/15/5/202 : File 4/17 Kuwaiti Smugglers and Indian Customs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0024]/040-000242233
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (223 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000c1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 16 Apr 1937-25 Mar 1948
- 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 225; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-225, and ff 2-208; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 4/17
- 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)