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037-000241999 Language Arabic Level [38] SubSubSeries

1. IOR/R/15/5/94-108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/94-108
Title:
Miscellaneous Files
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series is comprised of papers relating to British involvement in managing the relations between the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Ruler of Najd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] – commonly referred to as Ibn Saud. Subjects covered in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1918-1928
Extent:

15 files (2531 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/1-4
Title:
File 1: Establishment
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence about staff at the Political Agency at Kuwait, and at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and British Consulate in Bushire. Most correspondence deals with changes in staff. Some of the correspondence concerning staff members at the Kuwait Agency is of a personal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1949
Extent:
4 files (539 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/20-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/20-23
Title:
File 9: [Claims]
Scope & Content:
The four surviving Claims files contain correspondence, witness statements and other related documents. The first and second files concern the investigation and prosecution of criminal and civil offences in Kuwait, falling within the jurisdiction of the British Political Agent for Kuwait. In mos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1908-1930
Extent:
4 files (579 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/51 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/51 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 14: Piracy
Scope & Content:
The Piracy sub-sub-series consists of one surviving file. The file contains details about several criminal investigations and prosecution cases that were conducted by the British Political Agent at Kuwait. These offence cases relate to acts of piracy and murder at sea in the Persian Gulf and off ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1907-1914
Extent:
1 file (301 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/55-57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/55-57
Title:
File 20: [General Information]
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous series of files that covers the following topics: IOR/R/15/5/55: naval and military intelligence; IOR/R/15/5/56: botanical information about Kuwait; IOR/R/15/5/57: notes on the Ajman tribe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1916
Extent:
3 files (201 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/87-90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/87-90
Title:
File 32: Judicial
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of judicial files from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency records. The files relate to the legal matters of British and British Indian subjects in Kuwait and of Kuwaiti subjects facing foreign courts, cases that often required the attention of the Political Agent. F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish
Date Range:
1905-1932
Extent:
4 files (1347 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/91 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 34: Pearl Fisheries
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises of just one file relating to pearl fisheries from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency records.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1906-1924
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/92 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/92 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 36: Bandar Shuwaikh Lease
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises of just one file from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency Records, relating to the lease of Bandar Shuwaikh.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1923
Extent:
1 file (277 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/72-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72-79
Title:
File 27: Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
The Trade Reports sub-sub-series is concerned almost entirely with the preparation and submission of trade reports for Kuwait. IOR/R/15/5/72-74 and IOR/R/15/5/77 largely consist of submitted annual trade reports and related correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1905-1928
Extent:
8 files and volumes (1711 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/59-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/59-71
Title:
File 22: Kuwait's relations with other Powers
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files (22: Kuwait's relations with other powers) cover a wide range of topics relating to Kuwait's relations with other powers and include correspondence regarding: Kuwait's relations with Bahrain; a distinctive design for Kuwait's flag; the status of Kuwait and negotiations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1925
Extent:
13 files (1630 folios)