Coll 29/61 'Kuwait Agency buildings'

Title:

Coll 29/61 'Kuwait Agency buildings'

Date:

1929/1936

Description:

Abstract: The volume concerns the Political Agency buildings at Kuwait.The volume covers:1929 report on the conditions of the seventy years-old Agency building, property of the Shaikh of Kuwait, who permitted to the Political Agency to occupy it free of rentplans to build a new Agency; reports on weather conditions and Political Agent's requirements, 1929Political Agent temporarily occupying the Shaikh of Mohammerah's Men's House at Kuwait while the new Agency was being built. Alterations and repairs to the building, 1929electrification of the existing building, 1931plans, expenses and calculations for the new building, the costs of which were to be shared between Government of India and HM Government, 1932furniture for the new building, 1933electrification of the new buildings, 1934statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency during the year 1932-33 (ff 98-101)statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency during the year 1933-34 (ff 23-26)statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit Agency during the year 1934-35 (ff 14-18).The volume includes four blueprints, architectural drawings representing the Political Agency Buildings at Kuwait: site plan, plans, elevations and sections, additions and alterations (folios 5-9).The volume is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Political Agency at Kuwait, the British Legation at Tehran, the Treasury, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 404; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Building maintenance

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000c7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000c7_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3637
IOR/L/PS/12/3637

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