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491. IOR/R/15/1/545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/545
Title:
File 53/89 I (D 154) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from officials of the British Council regarding the council's activities in the Persian Gulf as well as visits to the region made by its officials C.A....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1936-13 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

492. IOR/R/15/1/546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/546
Title:
File 53/89 II (D 169) Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding the development of education in Kuwait, with an emphasis on the role played by the British Council. The volume contains a number of reports on education in Kuwait authored by F J Wakelin, the Educational Adviser to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Feb 1941-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

493. IOR/R/15/1/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/547
Title:
File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the establishment of a branch of an international bank in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the suitability of the candidates (Eastern Bank, Ottoman Bank and the Arab Bank) and also gives details of the agreement that was e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

494. IOR/R/15/1/552-553

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/552-553
Title:
File 59: Buildings
Scope & Content:
The subject file title ('Buildings') is incorrect. Instead, the two volumes contain correspondence relating to British relations with Muscat, and the increasing French influence in the affairs of the Sultan of Muscat. The dispute concerning Muscat ships using the French flag to transport slaves f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1902-1909
Extent:
2 volumes (413 folios)

495. IOR/R/15/1/554-555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554-555
Title:
File 60: Financial
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1918-1946
Extent:
2 files and volumes (205 folios)

496. IOR/R/15/1/555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/555
Title:
File 60/54 Imperial Bank of Iran, Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains the agreement to open a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. It is signed by Sheikh Sa‘īd II bin Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai, and F. H. Johnson, Representative of the Imperial Bank of Iran, and witnessed by Clive Murphy, Political Officer, Sharjah, dated 5 January 1946.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

497. IOR/R/15/1/556

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556
Title:
Vol. D.16 (File 61/4) Bin Saood - Amir of Nejd's intention to visit Pirate Coast and Oman in 1905
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, handwritten notes, diary extracts, and drafts of the above concerning a rumoured visit by Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of Najd, to the Trucial Coast and Oman. The bulk of the file is correspondence between the Political Residency in Bushire, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1905-26 Dec 1907
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

498. IOR/R/15/1/556-609

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/556-609
Title:
File 61: Najd
Scope & Content:
These files and volumes contain correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to the Najd region, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and its ruler, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd, commonly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd. The papers cover the period from Ibn Sa‘ūd's rise to prominence after taking Riyadh in 1902, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1905-1944
Extent:
54 files and volumes (12,432 folios)

499. IOR/R/15/1/558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/558
Title:
File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to Ibn Sa'ud and the affairs of Najd. The correspondence is mostly between: Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Bahrain; Percy Cox, the High Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of the Hijaz; the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1920-8 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

500. IOR/R/15/1/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/560
Title:
File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1923-19 Jan 1931
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

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