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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/281
Title:: File 6/7 II Kuwait landing ground
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agent in Kuwait, various contractors, and companies, and the ruler of Kuwait regarding the construction of a landing ground in Kuwait. Various ancillary papers discuss the construction of an aerodrome, and the use of landing facilities by Ro...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 19 Jun 1939-24 Dec 1949
Extent:: 1 file (217 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/283
Title:: File 6/10 I Air Agreements
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and meeting minutes on the construction and maintenance of aerodromes in the Persian Gulf, specifically at Sharjah, Dubai, and the Trucial Coast. The majority of the papers relate to the agreements to be drawn up with local rulers on matters of civil aviation, ri...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 10 Jun 1933-2 Mar 1935
Extent:: 1 file (241 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/284
Title:: File 6/10 II Air Agreements
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and documentation relating to the establishment and running of air routes to and from the Persian Gulf Residency's various stations, particularly Kuwait. The documents include agreements between rulers and the British Political Agency and Imperial Airways on the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 23 Mar 1935-1 Sep 1939
Extent:: 1 file (333 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/285
Title:: File 6/10 III Air Agreements
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of air routes across the various Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf. Most of the papers relate to Kuwait, but some also cover air agreements between the British Political Residency and the emirates ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Jan 1940-15 Dec 1946
Extent:: 1 file (351 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/286
Title:: File 6/10 IV Air Agreements
Scope & Content:: This file contains papers relating to the maintenance and control of air landing facilities at Kuwait. Most of the papers discuss the air agreements negotiated with the ruler of Kuwait, as well as future air routes, and the increasing popularity of air travel following the exploration of the inte...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1947-31 Dec 1949
Extent:: 1 file (276 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/287
Title:: File 6/11 Air photographs of Kuwait and Aerial Reconnaissance
Scope & Content:: This file contains permissions and correspondence pertaining to aerial photography of the territory of Kuwait.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 4 May 1934-28 Sep 1948
Extent:: 1 file (14 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/288
Title:: File 6/12 RAF wireless station Kuwait
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Air Force's wireless communication facilities in Kuwait (referred to as W/T station) during the Second World War. Of note are discussions on wartimes cypher codes for the Royal Air Force as well as copies of the codes themselves.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Oct 1941-26 Jul 1946
Extent:: 1 file (152 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/291
Title:: File 6/15 Registration of Aircraft
Scope & Content:: This file contains lists of aircraft and equipment owned by The Contracting and Trading Company flown in and around the Arab principalities of the Persian Gulf. The lists were kept as part of the aircraft registration papers. Of note is a copy of the Air Navigation Regulations for civil aircraft...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 May 1949-19 Jun 1949
Extent:: 1 file (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/293
Title:: ‘File 7/1 I Kuwait Order-in-Council (Jurisdiction Over Foreigners)’
Scope & Content:: The file is concerned with the introduction of the Kuwait Order in Council (1925) and the subsequent issue of supporting King‘s Regulations by the Persian Gulf Political Resident: The Indian Pilgrim Ships Regulation (1926) and Indian Succession Regulation (1927). It therefore contains drafts pro...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 23 Feb 1919-15 Aug 1927
Extent:: 1 file (195 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/293-307
Title:: File 7: Judicial
Scope & Content:: The Judicial Files relate to the judicial functions of the Kuwait Political Agency over British Protected Persons, as defined by the Kuwait Order in Council. IOR/R/15/1/294-297 are concerned with the drafting of the original (1925) Order in Council, and subsequent reissues in 1935 and 1949; thes...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 23 Feb 1919-14 Dec 1949
Extent:: 15 files (1175 folios)

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