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91. IOR/R/15/5/161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/161
Title:
File 2/8 II Kuwait water supply from the Shatt al-Arab
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence among British officials in the Persian Gulf and London, as well as the Kuwaiti Government on various means of securing a reliable supply of water for Kuwait. The papers vary from proposal for a condensing plant, and possible pipeline from Basra in Iraq, to obtai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1943-14 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/5/76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/76
Title:
File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21
Scope & Content:
This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/5/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/28
Title:
File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to Ibn Sa'ud's adoption of the title Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, his capture o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1921-25 Sep 1924
Extent:
1 file (278 folios)

94. IOR/R/15/5/24-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/24-42
Title:
File 10: Ibn Sa'ud
Scope & Content:
The Ibn Sa'ud sub-sub-series consists of files related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his rise to dominance in the region during this period. The files in the sub-sub-series cover the following in detail: Ibn S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1930
Extent:
19 files (10,650 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/5/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72
Title:
File 27/12 PERSIAN GULF RESIDENCY
Scope & Content:
This file consists of instructions for the preparation of trade reports, plus copies of annual trade reports for Koweit [Kuwait], dating from 1905 to 1912. The beginning of the file contains copies of what are referred to as 'skeleton forms' in which statistics are to be recorded, together with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1905-18 May 1912
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/5/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/129
Title:
File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memoranda, confidential papers, personal letters and testimonies related to alleged smuggling of food and goods from Kuwait to Iraq. The correspondence includes two unsuccessful proposals for conferences to be held between Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials to discuss the limits of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1934-28 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 volume (318 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/139
Title:
‘File 2/4 V ISTIHLAK TAX’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence by the Political Resident, Bushire, to the Political Agent, Kuwait, asking him to remind the Shaikh of Kuwait to prepare a report related to the Istihlak (consumption) tax he paid on the produce of his date gardens in Iraq in 1938 and 1939. The Shaikh wrote back p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1940-12 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/5/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/156
Title:
[Unnumbered file] Papers in Arabic
Scope & Content:
The file includes three land deeds of the date gardens, all dated 12 February 1909. The first two deeds are between the Shaikh of Kuwait Mubarak al-Sabah and Abdul Wahhab al-Qirtass, on behalf of certain members of al-Zuhair family in Basra Iraq. The third deed is between Shaikh Mubarak and Shafi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
12 Feb 1909
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/5/40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/40
Title:
File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: reduction and withdrawal of RAF and naval forces in Kuwait; Ibn Sa`ud's meeting with Ikhwan at Buraida; Riyadh Conference
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the British Government's relationship with Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Specifically, the correspondence in the file relates to reports concerning the movement of Ikhwan tribal forces, plans for the withdrawal of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1928-30 Dec 1928
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

100. IOR/R/15/5/91, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91, f 11
Title:
Sketch map of Pearl Banks between Koweit and Ras Tanura
Scope & Content:
The map shows the locations of pearl banks along the east coast of the Persian Gulf between Kuwait and Ras Tanura. The map is a rough, hand-drawn sketch. The pearl banks are numbered from 1-58 which correspond to a numbered list (in Arabic) which appears on the sheet. Also given are the names of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Nov 1906
Extent:
1 map