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Mss Eur F111/383
- Record Id:
- 040-002308209
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000124
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075142623.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/383
- Title:
- Koweit: A Report
- Scope & Content:
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Two copies of a report, marked as secret, on Koweit [Kuwait]. The report was compiled in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, by Captain H H Dowding, The Essex Regiment. It was printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1903.
The report contains information on the geography, history, politics, military strength, administration, resources, climate, and communications of Kuwait. It includes appendices on routes and prominent families in the region.
The volume also contains a number of photographs and maps:
- A photograph of the foreshore of Kuwait (folio 3)
- A photograph of Mobarek-Bin-Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Shaikh of Kuwait, and his youngest son Naser (folio 9)
- A photograph of the residence of the Shaikh of Kuwait (folio 17)
- A rough diagram of the village of Jehara (folio 31)
- A map of Kuwait Harbour (folio 32)
- A map of Kuwait and surrounding country (folio 33).
At the rear of the volume is an index, arranged alphabetically and with reference to the original pagination (folios 26-28).
Folio references given are for the first of the two copies. The second, identical copy runs from folio 34 to 66.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308188
040-002308209 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 63 : Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905: official printed material on India: foreign affairs: Persia
Mss Eur F111/383 : Koweit: A Report - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0065]/036-002308188[0021]/040-002308209
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 volumes (60 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000124
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-33) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 34-66); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
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The report contains a table of contents (folio 6) and an index (folios 26-28) which is arranged in alphabetical order. Both refer to the original pagination.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)