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IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
- Record Id:
- 040-000563267
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000175
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023958850.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B133A
- Title:
- Memorandum respecting Koweit
- Scope & Content:
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This file is a memorandum concerning Koweit [Kuwait] written by Foreign Office official, R V Harcourt [Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt].
The memorandum is divided up as follows:
- General Narrative - Turkish Activity - Understandings with Turkey and Germany;
- Koweit Boundary;
- Political Agent;
- Koweit Flag;
- Koweit Post Office;
- General Policy.
The memorandum discusses Britain's position in Koweit and the development of Britain's relationship with Kuwait's ruler, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ.
The appendix to the memorandum (folios 11r-12) contains a copy of an agreement signed between the British Government and Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait in January 1899, a translation of a letter sent to Mubārak by Lieutenant-Colonel Meade [Malcolm John Meade] in January 1899 and a copy of a memorandum regarding Koweit written for the Foreign Office by the Marquess of Lansdowne [Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne] in March 1902.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563267 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B133A : Memorandum respecting Koweit - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0154]/040-000563267
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000175
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1905
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- Dec 1905
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation for this memorandum and appendix commences at f 6, and terminates at f 12, as they are part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 8554
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)