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IOR/L/PS/12/3864
- Record Id:
- 040-000558938
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058884856.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3864
- Title:
- Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa'
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains correspondence between British officials in London, Palestine, Kuwait and India regarding proposals for the construction of a motor route from Kuwait-Amman (folios 4-53) and Kuwait-Haifa (folios 54-204).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- 'War Cabinet. Official Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. Saudi Arabia: Acquisition of a British Right of Way' 1940 (folios 22-28)
- 'Reconnaissance, Kuwait-Haifa Route by Captain G.S. de Gaury, Political Agent, Kuwait. January 1939' (folios 64-103)
- 'Details of expenditure incurred by Captain G.S. de Gaury, Political Agent, Kuwait, on his Reconnaissance Tour. January, 1939' (folio 110)
- Translation of article that appeared in al-'Iraq newspaper of Baghdad 18 June 1936 entitled 'The Bewildered Kuwait Complains. Will There Be Any One To Hear?' (folios 196-199)
- Translation of article that appeared in At Taf Al Misri, 10 July 1936 entitled 'About Arab Kings and Rulers, The Rights of Pan-Arabism and the Rights of Courtesy' (folios 188-190).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558938 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3864 : Coll 30/130 'Persian Gulf. Koweit. Proposal for a motor route from Koweit-Haifa' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0162]/040-000558938
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (203 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b0
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 29 Jul 1936-15 Apr 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; 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.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/130
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)