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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/213
Title:: File 4/25 British Advisers to Kuwait (Financial, Customs and Police)
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning plans to appoint a British financial adviser to serve the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Also discussed towards the end of the file are similar plans regarding the appointment of British customs officials an...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 17 Oct 1939-12 Dec 1949
Extent:: 1 file (104 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/214
Title:: File 4/26 Izzat Jaffer
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities and standing of Izzat Jaafar ['Izzat Jafar], the Secretary of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Much of the correspondence concerns allegations that Jafar was an agent of the Italian Govern...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:: 1 Apr 1940-24 Sep 1949
Extent:: 1 file (135 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/215
Title:: File 4/27 Construction of Kuwait-Basra Railway
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20 Aug 1941-23 Jan 1942
Extent:: 1 file (31 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/216
Title:: File 4/28 Kuwait Harbour Facilities and Shuwaikh Water Tank
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding an expansion of harbour facilities in Kuwait that was completed by the British military authorities in Iraq. Specifically, the correspondence relates to the expansion of a landing jetty at Shuwaikh that was owned by the Kuwait Oil Company and the con...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 25 Jul 1941-4 Feb 1943
Extent:: 1 file (82 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/217
Title:: File 4/29 Activities of Shaikh Fahad as-Salim as-Subah
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence regarding an unofficial visit to Egypt that was made by Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah and his desire to export two cars and a number of tyres from the country back to Kuwait. Some of this correspondence is between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Ruler o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 16 Aug 1944-4 Jun 1946
Extent:: 1 file (23 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/218
Title:: File 4/30 Activities of Shaikh Subah al Nasir As Sabah
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the activities of Shaikh Subah [Sabah] al Nasir as Subah [al-Sabah], a member of the ruling family of Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence in the file relates to an incident in 1948 when Shaikh Nasir is alleged to have...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 29 Dec 1944-18 Nov 1949
Extent:: 1 file (108 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/5/220
Title:: File 4/32 Presents for His Highness. Radio Sets, Launches etc
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the desire of the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to obtain a wireless radio transmitting set as a gift. The potential complications involved in such a gift and the broader political context are discussed. The...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 25 May 1946-18 May 1949
Extent:: 1 file (27 folios)

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)

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)

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)

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