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11. IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 9: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade sub-sub-series consists of one file containing correspondence relating to the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait. Much of the correspondence deals with requests for information about the Persian Gulf slave trade from the League of Nations' Advisory Commit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1929-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/5/91 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/91 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 34: Pearl Fisheries
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises of just one file relating to pearl fisheries from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency records.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1906-1924
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/5/92 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/92 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 36: Bandar Shuwaikh Lease
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series comprises of just one file from the First Series of the Kuwait Agency Records, relating to the lease of Bandar Shuwaikh.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1905-1923
Extent:
1 file (277 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/5/72-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/72-79
Title:
File 27: Trade Reports
Scope & Content:
The Trade Reports sub-sub-series is concerned almost entirely with the preparation and submission of trade reports for Kuwait. IOR/R/15/5/72-74 and IOR/R/15/5/77 largely consist of submitted annual trade reports and related correspondence between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1905-1928
Extent:
8 files and volumes (1711 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/5/313-319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/313-319
Title:
File 13: Foreigners
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series contains papers, mainly correspondence, of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreigners in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. It includes files relating the following subjects: the American Mission and American missionaries in Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/313 and IOR/R/15/5/314) forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1949
Extent:
7 files (489 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/5/59-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/59-71
Title:
File 22: Kuwait's relations with other Powers
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait subject files (22: Kuwait's relations with other powers) cover a wide range of topics relating to Kuwait's relations with other powers and include correspondence regarding: Kuwait's relations with Bahrain; a distinctive design for Kuwait's flag; the status of Kuwait and negotiations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1925
Extent:
13 files (1630 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/5/365-398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/365-398
Title:
Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of official and some non-official printed material collected at the Kuwait Agency, presumably for reference purposes. The material includes dictionaries, gazetteers, travel diaries, reports, indexes, and manuals.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1829-1940
Extent:
58 files and volumes

18. IOR/R/15/5/170-178

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170-178
Title:
File 3: Kuwait/Iran Relations
Scope & Content:
The Kuwait/Iran relations sub-sub-series concerns Kuwait's and Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). Three of the files relate to cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized, and in some cases detained, by the Persian authorities. Other matter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1928-1949
Extent:
9 files and volumes (1308 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/5/17-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/17-19
Title:
File 8 Al Sabah Family
Scope & Content:
There are 3 surviving files of ‘File 8 Al Sabah Family’. These are files 8/1, VIII/3, and VIII/6, and they contain correspondence dating mainly from 1904 till 1945. The files contain correspondence related mainly to the ruling family in Kuwait, including reports on the political and social situat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1945
Extent:
3 files (318 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/5/43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/43-44
Title:
File 11: [Ceremonials]
Scope & Content:
The volume and the file forming the 'Ceremonials' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Kuwait. The 'Ceremonials' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agency in Kuwait and the Rulers of Kuwait, discussing honours and titles to be granted, and infor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Hindustani
Date Range:
1907-1929
Extent:

1 volume and 1 file (23 folios)