'File 4/27 Construction of Kuwait-Basra Railway'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 4/27 Construction of Kuwait-Basra Railway'
- Date:
- 1941/1942
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials in Iraq and Kuwait (primarily at the Combined Intelligence Centre in Basra and the Political Agency in Kuwait) regarding a visit to Kuwait of a small British team from Iraq to complete a survey concerning the possibility of constructing a railway from Basra (via Zubair and Umm Qasr) to Kuwait.The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Political Agency in Kuwait (in Arabic with English translations).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-32 and ff 20-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Railways
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000d2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000d2_en
IOR/R/15/5/215
IOR/R/15/5/215