'File 12/C I'

Title:

'File 12/C I'

Date:

1918/1920

Description:

Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the following main topics:Dissatisfaction with Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, 1918.A proposal to establish British detachment in Kuwait, 1918.A note (ff 34-38) on `Ajman question, 1918.The file includes an index (folio 6) which lists the following entries: Ajman; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; blockade; Husain, King; Japanese steamers; occupation of Kuwait, proposed; oil; description of Shaikh Salim.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain; Deputy Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Baghdad; and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 6-43; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Marine navigation
Rulers
Petroleum industry

Geographic region:

Ajman

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000031_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000031_en
IOR/R/15/5/102
IOR/R/15/5/102

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