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1. IOR/R/15/5/179-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/179-235
Title:
File 4: Kuwait State
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait State files contain correspondence regarding a number of different topics that are related to the development of the state of Kuwait, the running of its government, political reform and Kuwait's relations with its neighbours and Britain. These files largely contain correspondence bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1949
Extent:
57 files (6,644 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/5/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/205
Title:
File 4/20 I Koweit Situation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding political developments in Kuwait (referred to as Koweit several times throughout the file), specifically tensions that occurred between the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and a group of reformist opposition f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1938-27 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (350 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/5/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/195
Title:
File 4/13 I Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to the development of education in Kuwait. The correspondence relates to a number of issues including the possibility of Kuwaiti students studying in Iraq or Palestine, the need to expand education in Kuwait, assistance from the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1935-19 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (222 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/5/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/189
Title:
File 4/9 I Anglo-Kuwait Relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's relationship with the Ruler of Kuwait and Britain's influence and role in the country generally. Specifically, the correspondence includes discussions concerning whether or not the Political Residency in Bushire shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1929-16 Aug 1937
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/196
Title:
File 4/13 II Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, specifically the activities of a British educational official named F J Wakelin, who was on secondment from the British Council and acting as adviser to the Governments of Bahrain and Kuwait at this time. A nu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
6 Oct 1939-17 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/197
Title:
File 4/13 III Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, specifically the activities of a British educational official named F J Wakelin, who was on secondment from the British Council and acting as adviser to the Governments of Bahrain and Kuwait at this time. A nu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
21 Oct 1943-13 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (419 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/198
Title:
File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the development of education in Kuwait, with much of the file concerning the administration and finances of a hostel in Cairo that hosted Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt. In addition to internal correspondence between British officials (notably th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
17 Jul 1945-28 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (379 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/192
Title:
File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of a foreign bank opening a branch in Kuwait. The two main candidates discussed in the file are Eastern Bank Limited and Ottoman Bank. Towards the end of the file, an expression of interest by al-Bank al-Arabi [Arab Bank] is also discus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1935-4 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)