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IOR/R/15/5/216
- Record Id:
- 040-000242247
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000d3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043768188.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/216
- Title:
- File 4/28 Kuwait Harbour Facilities and Shuwaikh Water Tank
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains correspondence regarding an expansion of harbour facilities in Kuwait that was completed by the British military authorities in Iraq.
Specifically, the correspondence relates to the expansion of a landing jetty at Shuwaikh that was owned by the Kuwait Oil Company and the construction of a large water tank nearby. In addition to correspondence, the file also includes some technical details of the construction work and details of the costs involved in it.
The correspondence is primarily between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait, but the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with the Kuwait Oil Company and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations).
- 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
040-000242247 - 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/15/5/216 : File 4/28 Kuwait Harbour Facilities and Shuwaikh Water Tank - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0038]/040-000242247
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (82 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000d3
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 25 Jul 1941-4 Feb 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 84; 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 2-83; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 4/28
- 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)