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31. IOR/R/15/5/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/221
Title:
File 4/34 Kuwait Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the legal status of the water just of Kuwait bay and the extent of Kuwait's territorial waters. It also contains broader discussions concerning the delineation of the continental shelf in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1946-27 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/5/222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/222
Title:
File 4/35 Accounts of the Kuwait Municipality, Health, Food Supply and Revenue Departments
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the annual accounts of the Kuwait Municipality and the Government of Kuwait's Department of Health, Department of Food Supply and Department of Finance. In addition to these accounts, the file also contains related correspondence between officials at the Kuwait Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (160 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/5/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/225
Title:
File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to purchase a three-pounder saluting gun [cannon] to affix to his recently-built motor dhow in 1932 (folios 2-41). Subsequently, the correspondence in the file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1931-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (94 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/5/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/226
Title:
File 4/39 Kuwait State: Criticisms against the Sheikh and Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains articles from the Arabic-language press that all concern the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. The articles - most of which are critical of the ruler and his government - are from the following publications: al-Arab, Rose al-Yusuf, al-Barid and al-Nas. Excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1949-29 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/5/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/232
Title:
File C 4/45 Kuwait-Syrian Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials in Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and his Secretary, Abdullah Mulla Saleh, regarding the whereabouts of a Syrian national named De Rovan Kouyoumji (also written in the file as Derovan Kay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1949-21 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)