'File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 4/3 I Purchase of Saluting Gun, Aircraft, etc, by the Shaikh of Kuwait'
- Date:
- 1929/1937
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.Contrary to the file's title, the majority of this correspondence concerns the Shaikh's purchase of several Lewis Machine Guns (and ammunition) in 1929 and a related training programme that was delivered to a number of his men by Iraq-based Royal Air Force (RAF) officials in November of that year. The correspondence also covers his purchase of a saluting gun and desire to buy an aircraft.The main correspondents in the file are British officials from the Political Agency in Kuwait, the RAF in Iraq, the Political Residency in Bushire and India Office officials in London. It also contains correspondence between Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Political Agency in Kuwait, much of which is in Arabic (with translations in English).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 223; 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 present in parallel between ff 6-218; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Weapons
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000a8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000a8_en
IOR/R/15/5/181
IOR/R/15/5/181